Some everyday medications could lengthen life, while others like opioids might pose risks

Live Forever Club - 22-Apr-2024

Surprisingly, metformin does not reduce death risk

Welsh Ambulance delivers life-saving defibrillators using drones

BBC - 10-Apr-2024

Novel approach to quickly reach heart attack victims, trials underway

ARPA-H program paves the way for on-demand organ transplants

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) - 27-Mar-2024

Personalized bioprints for affordable and more accessible transplants in the near future

Scientists overcome hurdles to design human artificial chromosomes

Singularity Hub - 26-Mar-2024

New technique delivers more genetic material, paving way for safer & effective gene therapies

AI tool demonstrates potential to improve early breast cancer detection

BBC - 21-Mar-2024

In an NHS trial, the system successfully identified cancers missed by human doctors

Tiny capsule offers painless diagnosis for digestive issues

Independent - 20-Mar-2024

Swallowable Sensors identify gut movement problems, potentially replacing unpleasant endoscopies

New 3D imaging technique may replace invasive bowel cancer biopsies

Independent - 18-Mar-2024

It may improvepatient outcomes and advance personalised cancer treatment

Genomenon develops AI-powered tool to uncover links between genes and diseases

Inside Precision Medicine - 15-Mar-2024

This new technology could improve the accuracy of genetic testing

Medical device bias hurts women and people with darker skin tones

BBC - 11-Mar-2024

Urgent action needed to tackle bias in pulse oximeters, AI devices & genetic tests for fair healthcare for all

Insilico reveals process for manufacturing AI-generated lung disease treatment

Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) - 10-Mar-2024

AI streamlines drug discovery, taking a potential treatment from concept to clinical trials in record time

RYSE invests $50 million in digital diagnostics startup

pharmaphorum - 05-Mar-2024

Braingaze to develop apps for ADHD, autism and alzheimer's using eye-tracking technology

New AI model diagnoses diseases and draws clearer explanation

Beckman Institute - 04-Mar-2024

This innovation explains its reasoning, boosting transparency in healthcare

Scientists print living skin onto wounds in rats for scar-free healing

New Atlas - 04-Mar-2024

Revolutionary bioprinting technique with potential for flawless skin repair and hair regrowth

Two-armed robot assists with dressing, easing caregiver burden

Independent - 04-Mar-2024

Offers ease and comfort for patients but human companionship remains vital

20-year study maps Alzheimer's progression, offering hope for early detection

Live Forever Club - 29-Feb-2024

Researchers tracked changes in brains, including protein levels & brain shrinkage

Robotic surgeon accurately removes cancerous tumors, exceeding human ability

Johns Hopkins University (JHU) - 27-Feb-2024

ASTR to revolutionize cancer treatment with unmatched precision & minimal tissue loss

AI and 3D printer creates natural prosthetic eyes in less time

New Scientist - 27-Feb-2024

Novel method for natural-looking eyes, offering comfort and wider access

Atom limbs' AI-powered bionic arm that feel and respond like your own

BBC - 23-Feb-2024

Early trials promise natural movement, control and sense of touch; however, cost concerns remain

UC Berkeley researchers invented a robot that can sew stitches by itself

MIT Technology Review - 22-Feb-2024

It paves the way for future advancements in surgical robots and improved patient care

MMI's surgical robot gears up for global rollout with $110M boost

FierceBiotech - 21-Feb-2024

Symani's wristed instruments bring steady hands and big ambitions to microsurgery

Tagomics secures 6.7M euros to revolutionize disease diagnosis with multiomics

Longevity Technology - 21-Feb-2024

Unlocking a new era of comprehensive disease insights and treatment strategies

Study finds 275 million new genetic variations in underrepresented groups

Science Daily - 20-Feb-2024

Almost 4 million differences might be linked to disease risk, leading to targeted treatments

Bioptimus secures $35M to create an AI model for deep biological understanding

Longevity Technology - 20-Feb-2024

This powerful AI could transform how we approach disease research

GlycanAge raises $4.2M to develop disease-detecting blood tests using sugar molecules

Longevity Technology - 19-Feb-2024

Company aims to transform healthcare by using cutting-edge sugar-based diagnostics

No more pills! NHS approves wearable pump for 24-hour drug delivery

BBC - 16-Feb-2024

Portable Produodopa pump delivers steady medication, offering ease & relief for Parkinson's sufferers

Digital health tools effectively lower hypertension, new study finds

Yale School of Medicine - 14-Feb-2024

Significant systolic BP reductions, highlighting its potential to address health disparities

Tiny robot performs simulated surgery on the space station

Evening Standard - 14-Feb-2024

From war zones to Mars, this droid could be the future of healthcare in remote locations

Scientists create laser-soldering technique for wound closure using nanoparticles

Nano Magazine - 14-Feb-2024

This advancement promises a gentler, more effective way to heal wound

Scientists may have found a way to predict dementia 15 years early!

Independent - 12-Feb-2024

They found 11 proteins in blood that could spot future dementia with 90% accuracy

AI healthcare company Ezra raised $21M to detect diseases early using MRI scans

Longevity Technology - 12-Feb-2024

They plan to offer quick full-body scans for $500 in a few years

Heart patients might soon get treatments tailored to their genes, thanks to NextGen

European Society of Cardiology - 12-Feb-2024

Project could lead to a brighter future for heart patients across Europe

AI can predict how early breast cancer patients might respond to their treatments

Durham University - 09-Feb-2024

This could lead to more personalised treatment plans and better outcomes

Researchers explore the potential of sound waves for anti-ageing

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 09-Feb-2024

Originally used to fight cancer, sound waves surprisingly revive old cells

New headband backed by $12M uses electricity to improve sleep and memory

Longevity Technology - 08-Feb-2024

Early studies look promising, and the company plans to launch its product soon

Forget pills, imagine inhaling your medicine directly to your lungs

New Scientist - 07-Feb-2024

New "nano-pods" carrying antibiotics fight infections in the lungs of mice

A microfluidic device removes potentially tumour-causing cells

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 07-Feb-2024

This low-cost, scalable device could revolutionise spinal cord injuries treatment

Scientists successfully bioengineer brain tissue capable of growth and function

New Atlas - 04-Feb-2024

It could be used to study Down syndrome, Alzheimer's, and even new medicines

First metal 3D printer heads to the ISS for on-demand manufacturing in space

Singularity Hub - 31-Jan-2024

Stronger tools and parts from recycled materials -a sustainable way for space exploration

Scottish company Carcinotech receives funding to make 3D printed mini-tumors

3D Printing Industry - 30-Jan-2024

This £4.2M boost will help them offer this tech more widely in Europe and US

A tiny robot arm, MIRA, is heading to the ISS to see if it can do surgeries in space

Gizmodo - 29-Jan-2024

If it works well, MIRA could help keep astronauts healthy on long space trips

Different organs, like your heart and lungs, can age at different speeds

Live Forever Club - 28-Jan-2024

This means you might need to focus on specific areas of your health to stay spry

India has developed its first robotic surgical system, called SSi Mantra

The Week - 28-Jan-2024

It has been approved for use in India and has been used in hundreds of surgeries

AI and quantum computing join forces to crack the code of life

EurekAlert! - 26-Jan-2024

This "physics-guided AI" approach promises deeper insights than current methods

AI-powered RoboChem for faster, more efficient drug discovery

Interesting Engineering - 25-Jan-2024

Autonomous robot outperforms scientists, accelerating the path to new pharmaceuticals

DNA Nanobots folds its way to funding for disease-targeting drug delivery

Business Wire - 24-Jan-2024

Tiny robots made of DNA can now deliver your medicine straight to the cells

A pill that transforms into a balloon inside stomach can help you lose weight

Independent - 23-Jan-2024

People using the pill lost an average of 10-15% of their body weight in 4 months

Sano Genetics, a precision medicine research software company, raised $11.4M

PharmiWeb.com - 23-Jan-2024

Sano's software pinpoints the perfect treatment match for each patient

A new medicine called JUV-161 might help people with DM1, a rare muscle disease

Business Wire - 23-Jan-2024

It improved muscles and slowed down the disease in animals

Simple blood test spots Alzheimer’s 15 years before symptoms

Independent - 22-Jan-2024

This could pave the way for routine screening of individuals over 50

Google AI developed AMIE, a chatbot excelling in medical interviews

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 19-Jan-2024

AMIE surpassed human doctors in accuracy, empathy, and communication

Simple at-home fingerprick test reveals thousands of health insights

Stanford University School of Medicine - 19-Jan-2024

Reading metabolic and immune responses, blood test paves way for early diagnosis & personalized medicine

A new method called FAST studies cellular ageing in cultured cells

Live Forever Club - 18-Jan-2024

FAST is precise and works with different cell types and microscopes

CERN software BioDynaMo predicts how your cancer will respond to a treatment

CERN - 16-Jan-2024

Technology offers a glimpse into the future of personalised cancer care

Radiotherapeutic self-propelled nanobots shrink bladder tumors 90% in mice

GEN News - 15-Jan-2024

New, more efficient approach for personalized bladder cancer treatment

Facial, tongue, and retinal images can now reveal your biological age

Live Forever Club - 11-Jan-2024

AgeDiff could be a new way to predict disease risk and personalise healthcare

Genomes of 13,000 UK patients decoded, marking the dawn of precision oncology

BBC - 11-Jan-2024

Provides oncologists with a precise tumor genetic map for selecting treatments

A novel blood test utilizes protein analysis for early detection of 18 cancers

The Guardian - 09-Jan-2024

Test reported high sensitivity and specificity, better than other similar assays

Character.ai became virtual psychotherapist for young people

BBC - 04-Jan-2024

Offering comfort and advice, the rise of AI therapy sparks debate about its potential & perils

A miniature 3D-printed device replicates human bodies on a chip

The Guardian - 27-Dec-2023

This not only eliminates animal testing but also promises faster drug access

New vibrating pill tricks your stomach into feeling full

The Guardian - 22-Dec-2023

"Vibes" pill mimics food signals, decreasing food intake by 40% in pigs

Vibrating dyes nicknamed "molecular jackhammers" smash apart tumour membranes

GEN News - 20-Dec-2023

A novel way to beat cancer in the lab showing promise in mice

Deep learning techniques identified compounds that kill MRSA in mice

EurekAlert! - 20-Dec-2023

Promising advance in antibiotics with potential to combat a major health threat

Twin Health raises $50m to help you conquer chronic metabolic diseases

Longevity Technology - 15-Dec-2023

Silicon Valley startup uses personalized data and AI twin to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity

Wireless miniature robots navigate arteries, capable of performing vascular surgery

University of Twente - 11-Dec-2023

Opening doors for minimally invasive treatments of hard-to-reach blockages

New ultrasonic 3D printing tech mends broken hearts and bones without surgery

Singularity Hub - 10-Dec-2023

Sound waves and a special ink to print custom implants and deliver drugs directly to injured tissues

A revolutionary blood test that can estimate your organs' biological age

BBC - 07-Dec-2023

Test could help in the early detection of disease and prevention strategies

Tiny robots made of DNA can self-replicate and deliver drugs inside the body

New Scientist - 06-Dec-2023

Potential future of targeted drug delivery and advanced nanotechnology applications

Minimally invasive surgery gets a magnetic boost due to the MARS system

MassDevice - 06-Dec-2023

Potential to offer same-day discharge, less pain and faster recovery

Biological robots built from human cells became microscopic healers

Neuroscience News - 30-Nov-2023

Anthrobots bridge neuron gaps and fight disease, paving the way for regenerative medicine

Novel robotic system measures arm use for better therapy in stroke patients

Tech Xplore - 28-Nov-2023

AI to track arm movements after stroke, helping survivors regain strength and independence

Vivodyne pioneers drug development with lab-grown organs with $38M funding

Longevity Technology - 22-Nov-2023

Offers over 20 innovative organ models for realistic testing and collaborating

Drones deliver life-saving defibrillators faster than ambulances

New Scientist - 22-Nov-2023

Drone technology could revolutionize emergency response & improve survival for cardiac arrest patients

A new way to send messages using molecules inside the body : MoMA

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) - 22-Nov-2023

Technology can communicate with and control nano-implants inside the body

Frieda Health raised EUR 2.5 million to advance their menopause platform

Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023

A step towards empowering women for better health and quality of life

C. elegans: A tiny worm that can help scientists understand how ageing works

Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023

The research could lead to new ways to slow down ageing in humans

Oncomagnetic device harnesses electromagnetic fields to kill cancer cells

Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023

Device uses non-invasive magnetic fields to increase ROS levels in cancer cells

Ingestible electronic pill detects sleep apnea and opioid overdoses

New Scientist - 17-Nov-2023

Revolutionary pill that could save lives by alerting for serious medical conditions

New wearable device tracks health by listening to body noises

Independent - 16-Nov-2023

Revolutionizes patient care through continuous, non-invasive health monitoring

Researchers used artificial intelligence to treat cancer and ageing

Drug Discovery World (DDW) - 16-Nov-2023

KDM1A emerged as dual-action therapeutic target for both

3D printed functional hair follicles from lab-grown human skin

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 15-Nov-2023

A revolutionary step towards regenerative medicine, drug testing, and enhanced skin models

UnitedHealthcare sued for denying Medicare advantage claims with faulty AI

Fierce Healthcare - 15-Nov-2023

Allegations of a 90% error rate and pressure to cut costs fuel class action lawsuit

AI tool that analyses cardiac scans can predict heart attacks 10 years before

Independent - 13-Nov-2023

The tool presents a novel methodology for preventing heart diseases

Johnson & Johnson is developing a new robotic surgical system called Ottava

FierceBiotech - 10-Nov-2023

Company is planning to begin clinical trials in the US in late 2024

Scientists have created a new strain of yeast with over half of its DNA synthetic

Nature - 08-Nov-2023

Opening up the possibility of engineering complex organisms from scratch

New AI tool ENABL Age provides personalised insights into healthy ageing

Live Forever Club - 07-Nov-2023

A stepping stone towards personalized anti-ageing interventions

Artificial pancreas to benefit type 1 diabetes patients in the UK

The Guardian - 07-Nov-2023

Cutting-edge technology to manage blood sugar and enhance well-being

New device restores mobility in man with Parkinson's disease

BBC - 06-Nov-2023

Spinal implant could lead to significant improvements in the lives of people

Scientists have created a special type of melanin that can heal skin wounds

Northwestern University - 02-Nov-2023

Also shields skin from sun damage, environmental toxins, and radiation exposure

Aqtual's blood test could help doctors choose the right treatment for you

Longevity Technology - 01-Nov-2023

Company's "cell-free DNA platform" can detect unexplored cell-free DNA fragments

Humanity Inc.'s AI-powered health app helps you live longer and healthier

Master Investor - 01-Nov-2023

The app helps users boost their energy levels and feel more alive

Headspace: your one-stop shop for lifelong mental health support

Business Wire - 31-Oct-2023

Refreshed brand offers end-to-end mental health support, from mindfulness to therapy and psychiatry

Nuraxi is developing AI-powered longevity services to help people live longer

Longevity Technology - 30-Oct-2023

Company aims to impact a billion people's lives in five years

Nanomedicine company NaNotics receives investment from LifeSpan Vision Ventures

LifeSpan Vision Ventures - 30-Oct-2023

Nanotech's nanoparticles could extend healthspan for everyone

Rishi Sunak invests £100M in AI to accelerate research for cancer and dementia

Independent - 29-Oct-2023

Michelle Donelan praises the AI investment, stating it will transform healthcare

Google researchers develop new headphones to measure heart rate

The Verge - 29-Oct-2023

Research could pave the way for more affordable heart rate monitoring devices

Professor Jinhwan Kim's nanobots as guardians of cellular health

UC Davis - 25-Oct-2023

Ingenious nanotechnology enabling non-invasive advancements for the future of medicine

Scientists have developed a revolutionary biological ageing clock- the OMICm Age

Live Forever Club - 24-Oct-2023

Advanced biological ageing clock provides a precise evaluation of health & ageing

Frontier Bio's lab-grown blood vessel tech revolutionizes medical device testing

3DPrint.com - 24-Oct-2023

Promises a future without animal testing and the need for organ donors

Unravelling the complexities of aging: A comprehensive database of aging factors

Live Forever Club - 23-Oct-2023

A deep dive into the AgingReG curated database of aging regulatory relationships in humans

Northern Ireland's precision medicine sector receives £7.5 million boost

Belfast Telegraph - 23-Oct-2023

Government funding to fuel innovation and growth in the life science sector.

AI-powered company Exscientia is revolutionising drug discovery

BBC - 20-Oct-2023

Company is transforming healthcare and enabling personalised medicine

AI socks to help carers of people with dementia and autism

BBC - 19-Oct-2023

Smart socks detect distress and alert carers, helping patients to live more independently

Mayo clinic and Oxford nanopore partner up to revolutionise precision medicine

Business Wire - 19-Oct-2023

Unlocking the secrets of cancer and genetic diseases with nanopore sequencing

Non-invasive deep brain stimulation improves memory, could treat Alzheimer's

Independent - 19-Oct-2023

Revolutionary approach for safer and accessible brain stimulation therapies

Gero raises $6M to hack the ageing code and combat age-related diseases

Longevity Technology - 18-Oct-2023

Company's quest to decode ageing and develop novel therapies gains momentum

Personalised medicine embraces 3D printing for customised drugs

TCT Magazine - 17-Oct-2023

CurifyLabs' pharma kit streamlines the production of tailored medications

Dimension Inx's CMFlex 3D printing brings a new way to repair bones

3D Printing Industry - 16-Oct-2023

Structure promotes bone healing in oral and maxillofacial surgeries

AI in healthcare: King's fund panel calls for governance and structure

Digital Health - 16-Oct-2023

Experts warn of the need for guidelines & oversight to ensure safe use of AI in healthcare

AI gives needles the ability to navigate living tissue on their own

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 12-Oct-2023

Self-driving needle could make surgery less invasive and more accessible

AI can now read your epigenetic code to tell you how long you'll live

News Medical - 12-Oct-2023

Method can accurately predict your age, smoking status, and disease risk

New 'miracle' drug cures bowel cancer with minimal side effects

BBC - 05-Oct-2023

Dostarlimab with 100% success rate in early trials offers hope for bowel cancer patients

Microsure raises $40M to revolutionise microsurgery with MUSA-3 robot

MassDevice - 04-Oct-2023

MUSA-3, a next-gen microsurgical robot, boosts surgical precision and versatility

Scientists 3D print brain tissue, paving the way for brain disorder treatments

Interesting Engineering - 04-Oct-2023

A personalised approach to healing the brain and restoring lost function

Sensor-powered robot could detect breast cancer lumps at greater depths

Independent - 03-Oct-2023

Device uses sensor technology to apply human-like forces with precision

Automata raises $40M to make science labs more efficient and productive

TechCrunch - 03-Oct-2023

Company's LINQ platform streamlines drug development for scientists

Insilico Medicine identifies potential targets for ageing and disease using AI

EurekAlert! - 27-Sep-2023

Highlights the potential of AI to accelerate drug discovery for several diseases

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to launch AI supercomputer for decoding biology

GEN News - 22-Sep-2023

New AI technologies promise to accelerate scientific discoveries and cure diseases by the end of the century

New AI tool predicts genetic mutations that could cause disease

The Guardian - 19-Sep-2023

AlphaMissense is a game-changer in genetic research for human health

NHS still reliant on paper records, despite progress towards electronic systems

The BMJ - 13-Sep-2023

75% of trusts still use paper, hindering patient safety and efficiency

World's first MRI-compatible surgical robot cleared by FDA for breast biopsies

FierceBiotech - 13-Sep-2023

Safer, more accurate breast biopsies made possible with IGAR robot

Oxford's OIA advances healthcare with their revolutionary platform, Algocyte

Tech.eu - 13-Sep-2023

Algocyte integrates data for personalised precision medicine

Actio Biosciences secures $55M to develop drugs using precision medicine

Business Wire - 12-Sep-2023

Lead program targets TRPV4, an ion channel that is involved in several diseases

AI model estimates age from chest X-rays to develop biomarkers for ageing

SciTechDaily - 09-Sep-2023

The model predicts the risk of chronic diseases before they even show up

AI startup Inceptive to use $100M funding for novel medicines

Longevity Technology - 08-Sep-2023

Developing "biological software" for effective and affordable mRNA drug design

New clinical trial to benefit rare cancer patients in Scotland

Independent - 03-Sep-2023

The trial could help to match right treatment to people with rare cancers

Implantable device 'feels' body's needs, releases drugs accordingly

National University of Ireland Galway - NUI Galway - 30-Aug-2023

A new smart implant that could revolutionise the way we treat chronic diseases

Rejuve.Bio combines AI with fruit fly genetics to unlock the secrets of long life

Longevity Technology - 24-Aug-2023

Novel approach to identify ageing targets and fight age-related diseases

Genesis Therapeutics raised $200M in series B for AI-driven drug discovery

Longevity Technology - 22-Aug-2023

Funds to help AI-discovered drugs enter clinical trials and expand its pipeline

New proteins with shapeshifting abilities could transform biotechnology

Singularity Hub - 22-Aug-2023

AI can now design proteins that change shape in response to external stimuli

New AI-powered trousers help paralysed patients walk again

BBC - 15-Aug-2023

NeuroSkin mirrors the impulses sent to a healthy leg and recreates movement in the weakened leg

AI identifies new senolytics that could treat age-related diseases

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 09-Aug-2023

Three natural compounds identified, paving the way for new treatments

LabGenius: a company for automating the discovery of new antibodies

Wired - 09-Aug-2023

Pioneering a new era of medical technology to speed up drug development

Royal Brompton and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals now offer robot-assisted lung biopsies

Independent - 07-Aug-2023

Highly precise shape-sensing technology to help clinicians diagnose & treat lung cancer at early-stage

Breakthrough liquid metal nanoparticles to fight cancer with light and immunity

AZoNano - 07-Aug-2023

Gallium-based particles synthesized to heat with light and help immune system to kill cancer cells

AI spots breast cancer as good as two radiologists

BBC - 02-Aug-2023

Use of AI supported screening can help reduce workloads and patient wait times

Vital Bio raised $48m to market its revolutionary blood testing platform

Longevity Technology - 27-Jul-2023

VitalOne reports 50 lab tests in just 20 minutes and improves accessibility for clinicians & patients

Mechanical nanosurgery, a novel treatment option for glioblastoma

Nano Magazine - 21-Jul-2023

Magnetically guided nanotubes effectively killed cancer cells in mice

New AI-powered robot makes brain surgeries much less invasive

Interesting Engineering - 17-Jul-2023

A flexible robotic system for deep brain surgeries with up to 50% less tissue damage

Causaly raised $60m in Series B to revolutionize biomedical research

Longevity Technology - 17-Jul-2023

AI-powered research platform to accelerate the processes in drug discovery and development

Camena Bioscience raises $10m in series A for DNA synthesis technology

Longevity Technology - 10-Jul-2023

Highly accurate enzyme-based approach to advance the ability to read, write and manipulate DNA

Automating genetics research: A robotic system for handling C. elegans (with video)

Phys.org - 06-Jul-2023

WormPicker takes on time-consuming tasks including inspection, movement between petri dishes and genetic crossing

NHS rolls out new digital health check across England in spring

The Guardian - 28-Jun-2023

To prevent major diseases while making patients’ lives easier & reducing pressure on GP services

AI boosts speed, precision and safety in cancer radiotherapy - available at cost price to the NHS

BBC - 27-Jun-2023

Groundbreaking InnerEye AI, developed by Addenbrooke's Hospital and Microsoft, revolutionises radiotherapy planning

Insilico Medicine begins phase II trials for AI-generated drug candidate in IPF Treatment

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 27-Jun-2023

Could target the treatment of a broader range of fibrotic indications beyond idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Attovia Therapeutics pushing forward the nanobody field with $60 million investment

Longevity Technology - 21-Jun-2023

Plans to leverage exclusive Attobody nanobody platform to develop innovative treatments in immunology and oncology

New accurate AI-driven personalized treatment for heart failure patients

European Society of Cardiology - 21-Jun-2023

AI4HF uses latest methods to lower the risk of disease and develop patient centered care

AI unveils economical pathway to discover new senolytics to combat age-related diseases

The University of Edinburgh - 14-Jun-2023

Artificial intelligence identifies herbal compounds to safely eliminate senescent cells

Groundbreaking handheld bioprinter unveiled with multiple bioink cartridges

Medical Xpress - 13-Jun-2023

Improves in situ tissue and organ regeneration, promising future applications in drug delivery and custom prosthetics

Range Bio garners $5.2m for groundbreaking proteomics tech to revolutionize personalized health

Longevity Technology - 13-Jun-2023

Innovative technology combines synthetic biology, genomics, and machine learning to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated

Tailored hypertension treatment: AI steps up to the challenge

Boston University - 06-Jun-2023

Boston University's AI model outperforms the current standard of care and offers valuable insights in complex drug prescribing

Galleri blood test: a step closer to early cancer detection

BBC - 02-Jun-2023

Offers promising results in the detection, and original site, of over 50 types of cancer in major NHS study

FDA grants approval for Neuralink to proceed with human trials

BBC - 26-May-2023

Neuralink's implants will still require extensive testing to overcome technical and ethical issues

Penn State team develops protein-based nanocomputing agent to influence cell behaviour

Penn State College of Medicine - 26-May-2023

Paving the way for more targeted, efficient cell-based therapies to treat diseases like diabetes and cancer

Artificial Intelligence assists in discovery of potent antibiotic to combat superbugs

BBC - 25-May-2023

AI scrutinized a list of 6,680 compounds, ultimately shortlisting potential antibiotics in under two hours

WHO cautions on use of AI language models in healthcare

World Health Organization (WHO) - 16-May-2023

Calls for safe and ethical use of LLMs to protect patients and public health

AI model shows promise in speeding up cancer detection and diagnosis

The Guardian - 30-Apr-2023

Potential to fast-track patients to treatment and streamline CT scan analysis

Revolutionary bio-inspired molecules accelerate bone healing: a breakthrough for regenerative medicine

TU Dresden (University of Technology) - 28-Apr-2023

Novel molecules enhance bone regeneration in mice by 50%, paving the way for treatments for bone fractures and related conditions

AI chatbot outperforms doctors in written advice quality and empathy

The Guardian - 28-Apr-2023

ChatGPT demonstrates potential for assisting healthcare professionals in drafting patient communications, but caution advised

3D-printed Electronics for Medical and Technical Applications

Live Forever Club - 27-Apr-2023

Study demonstrates feasibility of conducting polymer-based structures as integrated electronics for medical applications

Chest e-tattoo boasts major improvements in heart monitoring

University of Texas at Austin - 26-Apr-2023

Ultralight, flexible device provides early detection of heart diseases outside the clinic

BBC reports on two different uses of AI in pharmaceutical healthcare

BBC - 17-Apr-2023

Genetika+ tests drugs against a patient's own cells; Insilico Medicine is slashing the time taken for drug discovery

Nanovery raise 1.85M-develop nanorobots that can detect biomarkers directly in blood serum samples

Digital Health - 11-Apr-2023

Nanorobots make the process cost-efficient and fast, with same level of accuracy compared to tradition method

Psychedelics and AI promise the next breakthrough treatment for dementia

Spannr - 30-Mar-2023

Benefits of psychedelic drugs or AI compounds may outperform clinical drugs with fewer side effects; clinical trials yet to confirm

Bacterial 'nanosyringes' inject drugs directly into human cells

New Scientist - 29-Mar-2023

More research needed but a revolutionary way to treat many diseases, including cancer

Hybrid micro-robot to advance precision drug delivery and single-cell analysis

Nano Magazine - 28-Mar-2023

Electric- and magnetic-powered tiny robot able to identify, capture, and transport single cell autonomously

New fuel cell implant manages blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes patients

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) - 28-Mar-2023

Fuel cell coupled with engineered beta cells automatically produce insulin whenever required

Expert doctors guided heart surgeries via smart glasses at Basildon Hospital

BBC - 27-Mar-2023

Remote access helped to perform several procedures simultaneously and reduced waiting time for patients

MHRA-trial of new robot that can grow stem cells- to bring new low cost and safe therapies

GOV.UK - 16-Mar-2023

Fully automated Intelligent Cell Processing System to manufacture potentially life-saving treatments

Soft robotic arm used to 3D-print biomaterial directly onto organs inside the body

Medical Xpress - 27-Feb-2023

F3DB is designed as an all-in-one endoscopic tool that avoids the use of changeable tools

Soft robot opens the door for possible surgical applications via remote control inside human body

Interesting Engineering - 27-Feb-2023

Keyhole surgery without the keyhole? Very early days but imagine swallowing a robot which can operate on you from the inside

New fingerprint technology detects breast cancer with high accuracy

Sheffield Hallam University - 20-Feb-2023

Painless, quick, and non-invasive method to potentially transform breast cancer screening

Sensor can be tracked through the digestive system to identify blockages

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 13-Feb-2023

Currently only tracking location, but in future could be developed to take samples or deliver therapeutics

New technique develops 3D skin grafts that can be transplanted like a biological clothing

Medgadget - 13-Feb-2023

Grafts fit perfectly to any complex body part and can also be tailored for each patient

Tiny sensor alerts early warning signs of heart failure

Independent - 12-Feb-2023

Advances in the innovation could limit hospital admissions and increase healthspan of patients

Multidomain peptides as base material in the 3D-printing inks promote tissue development

Rice University - 07-Feb-2023

The peptide-3D printing ink could benefit regenerative medicine and medical research enormously

A simple urine-testing device identifies brain cancer, new study finds

Nanomedicine - 07-Feb-2023

Advancements could enable early detection of various cancers via membrane proteins in urine

FabRx's 3D-printed medications tailored for you with precision and control

3D Printing Industry - 03-Feb-2023

Pressure-sensing innovation for flawless pharmaceutical 3D printing

Reversal of cell senescence using low frequency ultrasound

Live Forever Club - 27-Jan-2023

Novel therapy killed some senescent cells, rejuvenated others, without harming healthy cells

Longevity Technology speaks to BioAge's CEO about clinical trial progress

Longevity Technology - 06-Jan-2023

Had success in reducing muscle atrophy and discovered novel class of molecules to target cognitive decline

3D bioprinted retina tissue uncovers advanced age-related macular degeneration

Medgadget - 06-Jan-2023

Researchers are making strides in developing advanced in vitro tissue models to study eye diseases

iKnife can diagnose endometrial cancer within seconds, paves way for new diagnostic pathways

The Guardian - 03-Jan-2023

Getting diagnosis within seconds could enable women confirmed to have cancer start treatment sooner

Blood pressure measurement at a distance using camera and AI

Medgadget - 07-Dec-2022

Not accurate enough (yet) for self-tracking, but could quickly identify people with hypertension

In silico drug repurposing method and insurance data analysis identifies Sildenafil as potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Live Forever Club - 06-Dec-2022

Current research identified drug candidate, big data analysis confirmed an association, and lab work demonstrated a biological effect

AI could help diagnose pneumonia without the need of a doctor

Independent - 05-Dec-2022

Effectiveness of AI technique can facilitate non-face-to-face treatment and reduction in medial cost

Isomorphic Labs on an expansion drive for its AI-enabled drug discovery

Financial Times (FT) - 03-Dec-2022

Plan is to build a generic platform then work with major pharma companies to take them to market

£500K in 4th round funding to scale-up Magnitude Biosciences' C. elegans research services

Magnitude Biosciences - 14-Nov-2022

Advances in AI is great, but this sort of automation is what will create the data it needs to find new longevity drugs

CRISPR gene-editing technology boosts cancer-fighting immune cells

BBC - 11-Nov-2022

Personalized T-cell therapy for untreatable cancers - further studies needed to test the dose and effectiveness

Fountain Life provides a unique health screening and diagnostic approach

Longevity Technology - 10-Nov-2022

Detecting disease at the earliest stages and reversing it, instead of treating a chronic disease

Juvena Therapeutics receives $50M to uncover therapeutic links between secreted proteins and diseases

Biospace - 08-Nov-2022

Its a fully integrated approach for developing biologics for chronic and age-related diseases

AI tool could detect lung disease in minutes using X-ray images

Independent - 07-Nov-2022

Technology that can help detect various diseases quickly and accurately reduces staff time

Lifespan.io interviews NaNotics' CEO Lou Hawthorne to find out more about Nanots

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 04-Nov-2022

Many conditions could be improved by removing signalling that prevents cells operating at their best

Drones tested as faster means of transport for supplies within a hospital site

BBC - 22-Oct-2022

NHS Trust will carry out further development to see how drones can improve services for its patients

Phone apps could record six minutes of consecutive walking to predict risk of early death

New Atlas - 20-Oct-2022

The study computes predictive models for risk stratification via population analysis for results

$15M raised for series A round for robotic dental procedures by Cyberdontics

TechCrunch - 17-Oct-2022

Cyberdontics-robot cuts the tooth and fabricates a prosthetic at the same time-efficacy and speed

CMU array to treat neurological disorders potentially

Nano Magazine - 06-Oct-2022

Microelectrode array (MEA) is 3D-printed at the nanoscale, for individual neurological treatment

AI tool could let someone know in 60 seconds or less their level of risk of cardiovascular disease

The Guardian - 04-Oct-2022

AI-enabled imaging of the retina’s veins and arteries can specify the risk, results from big study

Injection-replacement remedy, using a robotic pill to deliver insulin in diabetics

Independent - 30-Sep-2022

RoboCap’s mucus-clearing and churning movements help it deliver the drug directly to the gut

Targeted drug delivery with microbots made of algae cells to treat acute bacterial pneumonia

UC San Diego School of Medicine - 22-Sep-2022

Nanoparticles-modified microbots coated with neutrophil cell membranes-reduce inflammation in lungs

$100M fund - Life Extension Ventures might back startups working on longevity

TechCrunch - 18-Sep-2022

Founders are excited to find the impact when software intersects science

Systemic Bio develops custom-made organ models from human cells

3D Printing Industry - 09-Sep-2022

New firm launched by 3D Systems to advance drug discovery and testing process

Nocturnal sleep patterns predict long-term health and risk of death

Live Forever Club - 08-Sep-2022

High sleep fragmentation was identified as an independent biomarker of future health

Microswarms potentially beneficial for opening a blockage in a shunt

Nano Magazine - 19-Aug-2022

Sediment built-up in the shunts can be scraped out using microbot swarms

Ageing-related drug screening made easy and reproducible with automated tech

Longevity Technology - 18-Aug-2022

Camera on each petri dish captures healthspan of many worms simultaneously

Forget your smartwatch! Chip on skin tracks health with AI-based data analysis

The University of Chicago - 13-Aug-2022

Unlike a typical computer, Neuromorphic Chip mimics a human brain

Pharmashots interviews Laurent Levy about cancer-killing radiotherapy enhancers

Pharmashots - 10-Aug-2022

NBTXR3 might give hope to patients who are ineligible for certain chemotheraphy

Potential risk marker in blood linked to diabetes and cancer identified

The Guardian - 04-Aug-2022

Prostasin level linked to diabetic onset and cancer deaths

Magnetic particle swarms and Selective embolization to be more efficient and less complicated

Nano Magazine - 01-Aug-2022

Embolization is a medical technique used to block blood vessels during treatment

ForSight Robotics raises $55M for fully robotic cataract surgery

FierceBiotech - 22-Jul-2022

ForSight Robotics main goal is to democratize sophisticated eye treatment procedures globally

Screen cell-nanoparticle interactions adopted in targeting cancer cells

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 21-Jul-2022

Clarity on cell particle interaction and particle uptake, for specific cancer types

NHS Cancer Programme plans rollouts of 1 million tests for use, in 2024

NHS England - 18-Jul-2022

Utilising new technologies and tests to detect and diagnose cancer at early stages

Magnet-controlled bacteria fights cancer without causing pain

Phys.org - 15-Jul-2022

Bacterial microrobots activate immune response and release drugs directly at desired tumor sites

Biohybrid material that mimics natural skin developed using 3D printing

3D Printing Industry - 12-Jul-2022

Soft yet tough biohybrid composites similar to lifelike skin may have productive potential

New hands-free way to brush, rinse, and floss your teeth all at once

University of Pennsylvania - 05-Jul-2022

Shapeshifting microbots to automate the removal of dental plaque and decay-causing bacteria

Humanoid robot and AI potentially efficient in regenerating retinal cells

Phys.org - 28-Jun-2022

Automated design and execution can increase efficiency and speed of research

Cyborg locust brains can help spot the signs of human cancer in the lab

MIT Technology Review - 21-Jun-2022

The insects’ antennae are the most important for detecting cancer

Nanomachines exerts mechanical movements to exclusively target cancer cells

SciTechDaily - 16-Jun-2022

Latch recognises low pH environment around cancer cells for penetration

Synthetic cells designed to imitate biological cells' intrinsic properties

Nano Magazine - 14-Jun-2022

Structural rearrangements in cells could be beneficial in treating diseases

Nanodevices safe at 10 times higher concentrates as previously seen in mice

The Ohio State University - 14-Jun-2022

Nanobots looking safe to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases

Minimally invasive robotic surgery challenges the gold standard open surgery

SciTechDaily - 13-Jun-2022

Bladder cancer patients show reduced hospital stay by 20% post procedure

Human Longevity, Inc capped off the precision longevity care with AMRA® BCP Scan

AMRA medical - 13-Jun-2022

360-degree health check gets even more precise with AI-powered assessment

Digital twins: how they can help us live longer and healthier lives

BBC - 13-Jun-2022

Digital twins amplify healthcare efficiency for improved outcomes.

Qubit pharmaceuticals secures 16.1 million euros in seed round to revolutionize drug discovery

The Quantum Insider - 10-Jun-2022

Developing a software platform that uses quantum computers to accelerate the discovery of new drugs

3D printed lung scaffold might be ready for clinical trials within five years

3D Printing Industry - 07-Jun-2022

It can be personalised with patients' own cells and printed in three weeks

Insilico Medicine series D funding to grow its pipeline and create an AI-driven robotic drug discovery laboratory

Longevity Technology - 06-Jun-2022

Big data combined with laboratory automation - the pace of drug discovery is about to take off!

Epigenome editing - technology safer and reversible than CRISPR

Science - 01-Jun-2022

Leaves DNA sequence unaltered while retaining the ability to specifically home

Vitestro automates blood collection and plans for clinical trials from 2023

Medical Device Network - 31-May-2022

AI powered robotics aimed to minimise manual errors during phlebotomy

Sleepio: an effective app-based treatment for people with insomnia

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - 20-May-2022

NICE recommends Sleepio as a better alternative for habit-forming sleeping pills

Robot-assisted operations reduce the risk of blood clots and allow patients to recuperate faster

UCL Cancer Institute - 15-May-2022

Robotic assistance in cancer surgery could be far more beneficial than previously thought

Non-invasive technique for gut health monitoring

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) - 12-May-2022

Gene modification in bacteria using CRISPR array provide direct information of active gut genes

Retrievable nanobots could prevent post-treatment root canal failures

Advanced Science News (ASN) - 11-May-2022

in vitro studies shows prevention of failures due to bacterial infection

Smartphones are soon to be upgraded as a skin cancer diagnostic tool in UK

pharmaphorum - 29-Apr-2022

AI based-DERM could speed up diagnosis by replacing dermatology appointments

Screening for DPYD variants can enable personalised chemotherapy treatment

Nuffield Department of Population Health - 27-Apr-2022

Chemotherapy treats patients but the lethal effect could be gotten down by preliminary testing

Poietis' bioprinting platform designs inexpensive human implants efficiently

Medical Expo (MedicalExpo) - 25-Apr-2022

Its automated 4D technology can manufacture different implantable tissues

Mutational signatures- a step closes to personalised cancer treatment

BBC - 21-Apr-2022

Instead of caterogising cancer based on the effected body part or type, whole-genome sequencing could be more practical

SomaLogic’s blood test accurately predicts risk of disease and death

The Guardian - 06-Apr-2022

Test involves protein analysis that provide a snapshot of an individual's health

Oxipit's X-ray analyzing tool receives safety approval in the EU

The Verge - 05-Apr-2022

ChestLink will be available in clinics by 2023 to cut down radiologists’ workloads

NovaXS Biotech develops smart, painless, needle-free injections

TechCrunch - 31-Mar-2022

Innovative tech to make self-administered therapies easier and more accessible

New era of prescribing medicines: new genetic test finds out better and safer drugs

BBC - 29-Mar-2022

NHS to roll out genetic test that is currently able to match 40 drugs to patient's genetic code

Lipidomics for preventive and personalized medicine

Healio - 11-Mar-2022

Elevated lipid levels are linked with the incidence of CVD and type 2 diabetes

Robots take over medical tasks: measuring blood pressure with fingertips

Medgadget - 23-Feb-2022

Leech and origami-inspired sensors on robotic fingers calculate systolic and diastolic BP

Trestle Biotherapeutics gathers experts to advance practical use of bioengineered kidneys

Longevity Technology - 23-Feb-2022

Combining 3D printing and stem cell technologies to develop kidney repair and replacement therapies

Volumetric 3D bioprinted tiny liver functions just like a human liver

3D Printing Industry - 17-Feb-2022

Paving the way for bioprinted livers and personalized drug screening for liver diseases

World's first 3D female anatomy model is available in the Complete Anatomy app

Healthline - 09-Feb-2022

Female model allows health professionals have a better perspective on women's health

Scientists built a functional human tendon using 3D cryobioprinting

3D Printing Industry - 07-Feb-2022

A breakthrough technique to print complex tissues that can be stored for later use

New spinal cord implant helps completely paralysed patients stand and walk again

BBC - 07-Feb-2022

This early-phase technology could be game changer for spinal injuries very soon

Google's parent company launched Isomorphic Labs to discover new drugs using AI

TechCrunch - 04-Feb-2022

Building from Deepmind's AI research, Isomorphic promises medical breakthroughs

Truly autonomous STAR robot performs difficult surgeries with high precision

Medgadget - 03-Feb-2022

Now this is what people imagine when we talk about robotic surgery!

A breakthrough genetic test in the UK offers personalised treatments for incurable cancers

The Guardian - 31-Jan-2022

Identifying faulty genes and matching cancer patients to potential experimential therapies

Rejuve.AI's new leadership drives longevity app launch

Information Age - 14-Jan-2022

Get healthy, get discounts - Rejuve makes longevity accessible

Drone delivers defibrillator before ambulance arrives

BBC - 07-Jan-2022

Everdrone looking to expand its drones' capabilities within Sweden and beyond

New blood test accurately detects cancer in patients with early symptoms

Guardian - 05-Jan-2022

Game changer in cancer treatment by improving early access to drugs and thereby survival rates

Theranos ceased for fooling investors with a blood-testing device that never worked

BBC - 04-Jan-2022

Founder convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to several years in prison

Mayo Clinic is excited to collaborate with NaNotics for cancer treatment

Business Wire - 04-Jan-2022

Ultra-low toxicity NaNots could have a wide variety of applications

The new NanoKnife is a game-changer for treating Prostate cancer

WalesOnline - 03-Jan-2022

Electric current damages the cell membranes of the cancerous cells

Recent breakthrough in wearable health tech – Stretchable waterproof batteries

Medgadget - 15-Dec-2021

Flexible, washable batteries designed to withstand everyday demands

Spring discovery to prevent diseases by developing treatments for ageing

Medium - 11-Dec-2021

Raised $18 million Series A funding to speed up ageing research

Quant Biomarkers established to develop sophisticated analytical products

Quant Biomarkers - 10-Dec-2021

DKG subsidiary to introduce biomarker-driven Longevity risk mitigation and intervention support

Virtual Incision's MIRA robotic system successfully performed world's first laparoscopic surgery

FierceBiotech - 01-Dec-2021

Raised $46 million to commercialize and advance robot-assisted surgical technology

New holographic imaging device spots cancer cells with 100% accuracy

Phys.org - 30-Nov-2021

Simple, low-cost tool for improving screening in remote and low-resource areas

New therapy producing potent bacterial vaccines for 100% protection

Medgadget - 29-Nov-2021

Generation of high-potency bacterial vaccines using ultrashort pulsed lasers

Patient in the UK receives world's first 3D-printed prosthetic eye

Interesting Engineering - 25-Nov-2021

Fits perfectly in the eye socket and looks realistic than alternatives

A powerful platform to facilitate rehabilitation and musculoskeletal diseases

Medgadget - 24-Nov-2021

Thin, wireless, battery-free and multimodal musculoskeletal biointerfaces

OptiMind app designed for early diagnosis of dementia with simple tapping

Wired - 11-Nov-2021

A 5-minute test can assess the early risk of getting dementia

The worlds first robotic needle free dosage delivery in humans

Interesting Engineering - 08-Nov-2021

Novel needle free technology releases vaccine content with high-pressure

Robotic surgery system recalled due to software bug affecting instrument positioning

FierceBiotech - 01-Nov-2021

Only 3 reported incidents but risk of serious injury is high with platform designed for neurosurgery

23andMe discover new gene loci for 3 rare diseases

GenomeWeb - 20-Oct-2021

Demonstrates the power of having millions of DNA records even with less reliable self-reported data

GP develops helmet to deliver infrared light therapy to treat dementia

Independent - 19-Oct-2021

In placebo controlled study, device improved brain processing and memory in patients

Battery-free, personalized wearables to track your health status

Medgadget - 12-Oct-2021

Device made to fit perfectly, facilitating continuous monitoring of physiological parameters

Deep brain stimulation is a promising treatment for major depression

Guardian - 04-Oct-2021

Brain implant detects patterns that proceed depression and then blocks the signals

Wearable, non-invasive skin patch for real-time health monitoring

NEO.LIFE - 30-Sep-2021

Tracks both physical and biochemical parameters, aiming for early disease detection & prevention

Start-ups to scale manufacturing of stem-cell therapies for practical use

Nature - 29-Sep-2021

Challenges of mass producing stem cells and how 3 companies are attempting to overcome them

A self-propelled DNA robot moves living cells while walking on the cell membranes

Chemistry World - 24-Sep-2021

A breakthrough approach for cell-based treatments and precision medicine

Technology to create virtual tumours and treat them with AI-designed nanoparticles

Nano Magazine - 22-Sep-2021

Virtual cancer tumours can be grown and we can design personalised nanoparticles to treat them

EVONANO platform makes virtual tumour growth and drug design possible

University of Bristol - 22-Sep-2021

AI-powered software can be an alternative for expensive and extensive lab work

World's first 3D scanner for remote and early detection of skin cancer

University of Queensland - 13-Sep-2021

People in Queensland can sign up to partake in the screening trial at Brisbane

Owlstone Medical raised $58M to advance its breath biopsy technology

FierceBiotech - 07-Sep-2021

Developing painless tests to detect lung cancer, liver diseases, respiratory diseases, and gut health

FDA warns robotic surgery for breast cancer is unproven and could pose health risks

pharmaphorum - 22-Aug-2021

Prior study approval and monitoring long-term outcomes are needed to ensure patient's safety

Barts Health NHS Trust uses AI to find patients at-risk for diabetic foot disease

Digital Health - 20-Aug-2021

Clinithink AI helped physicians in preventing serious complications among diabetes patients

Targeted imaging strategy to diagnose inflamed atherosclerotic lesions

Medgadget - 18-Aug-2021

Photoacoustic imaging of inflamed atherosclerotic plaques by carbon nanotubes

A real tumour printed from patient's own cells to predict best cancer therapies

Irish Times - 18-Aug-2021

Overcomes a long trial and error process and accelerates personalized treatment

Robotic surgery is no better than traditional surgery, unless performed by skilled surgeons

Forbes - 17-Aug-2021

Despite huge benefits, robot-assisted surgery may increase complications - finds new study

Robot scanner may diagnose signs of eye diseases within a minute

Medgadget - 16-Aug-2021

Contactless imaging technique to improve accessibility in non-specialist clinics

Image-based prediction of skin cancer clinical management decisions by AI

Massive Science - 15-Aug-2021

Deep learning could improve diagnosis of non-white skin lesions if trained correctly

In-silico drug modelling for treatment of stroke

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 10-Aug-2021

Rapamycin analogs may help prevent cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI)

Latest AI tool may diagnose dementia even before symptoms appear

BBC - 10-Aug-2021

Algorithm detects dementia better than neurologists, soon with a single brain scan

Humanity Inc app launches initially in UK - determines your rate of ageing

TechCrunch - 04-Aug-2021

Produces personalised tips by comparing phone/wearables data with UK Biobank

Scientists invent AI that predicts potential lifespan-extending compounds

Phys.org - 22-Jul-2021

Anti-ageing probability validated from a worm with human-like metabolism

Viral particles inside the body are made harmless by DNA origami

Medgadget - 19-Jul-2021

New tiny virus catcher acts as nanorobots to engulf viral particles

New urine test detects cancer cells and their location using nanoparticles

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 15-Jul-2021

Screening cancers non-invasively; shows safety in phase 1 trials

A more comfortable breast cancer diagnosis tool begins trials in UK

Guardian - 09-Jul-2021

Provides early diagnosis in younger women, eliminating pain and discomfort

Liberum's automated system manufactures proteins from DNA within hours

University of Toronto - 08-Jul-2021

Nespresso for protein production: prototype inspired from single-serve coffee makers

New microchip nanosensor tracks stress levels from your fingertip

Medgadget - 08-Jul-2021

Using a drop of blood, this device measures cortisol accurately within minutes

AI outperforms radiologists detecting early signs of prostate cancer in CT scans

Medgadget - 08-Jul-2021

Latest AI platform developed to improve diagnostic accuracy of prostate cancer

Longenesis closes $1.2 million to speed up digitisation of biomedical research

Longevity Technology - 02-Jul-2021

Latvian based startup aims for cost-effective research studies, prioritizing study participants

Fully-implantable wireless pacemaker that dissolves on it's own after use

Guardian - 28-Jun-2021

Bioresorbable device with no leads and batteries for temporary use after heart surgery

One test for all infectious diseases: rapid diagnosis with Torus Biosystems

Medgadget - 24-Jun-2021

Synestia system, a point-of-care device to detect any pathogen in less than 30 minutes

Study on the accuracy of in-silico trials as compared to traditional trials

Medgadget - 24-Jun-2021

Virtual clinical trial can reduce the cost and time required while reducing risk

Medtronic's Hugo robot performed first-ever minimally invasive surgery in Chile

FierceBiotech - 22-Jun-2021

Low-cost, compact robot to help surgeons - yet to receive approval in the US and Europe

Insilico raises $255M to advance human trials and AI drug discovery platform

Longevity Technology - 22-Jun-2021

New collab with Teva Pharmaceuticals to identify drug targets for various diseases

Contract award for the supply of DPYD testing kits to NHS Wales

GenomeWeb - 18-Jun-2021

Technology suitable for meeting the lab requirements to deliver the service

Customised bioprinting of human samples for drug discovery

Medgadget - 14-Jun-2021

Rapid 3D printing of human tissue constructs aids in screening potential drug candidates

Nasal swab and blood test for early detection of lung cancer

Evening Standard - 11-Jun-2021

People in Hampshire and Yorkshire will be invited for participation in the trial

Brinter raises €1.2M fund for producing human spare parts and customised drugs

Longevity Technology - 11-Jun-2021

Printing brains and transplantable organs to save and improve lives

Lab-grown human liver tissue functioning for 30 days

Space - 10-Jun-2021

we'll gain the knowledge to keep astronauts healthy as they journey further into space

World's first robot assisted surgery saved an 85-years-old's eyesight

South London Press (SLP) - 10-Jun-2021

Treating the incurable - robotic technology improved precision and accuracy of surgeons

Breathable, washable, and water proof E-textiles for Health monitoring

Medgadget - 10-Jun-2021

Low-cost manufacturing of reliable, battery-free, wireless e-textiles

Synthetic amino acids: Beginning of engineering life’s superpowers

Singularity Hub - 08-Jun-2021

New bacteria: virtually resistant to all viral infections

Babylon to become a public company via $4.2bn merger with Alkuri Global

Digital Health - 08-Jun-2021

Funds to help this digital health company take a leap in offering quality healthcare

THz perception: Exciting avenue of research for Cancer treatment

The Engineer - 07-Jun-2021

Improvement in quality of life by 5 to 10 years in cancer patients

Detailed map of connections within the human brain created by Google

New Scientist - 07-Jun-2021

Benefit to explore how the cell map differs in people with mental illness

Aging clock predicting the effect of longevity interventions

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 03-Jun-2021

Transcriptomic aging clock: providing insight into the changes involved in aging

Robot Scientist uses AI to find cure for covid-19

Chalmers University of Technology - 03-Jun-2021

Speeds up drug discovery process, allowing researchers to find new treatments for deadly diseases

Biocompatible implants from health monitoring to payments

Sifted - 02-Jun-2021

In future: no keys, no wallet, just an implant under the skin

Just 10 minutes a month and make a skin self-examination

Melanoma UK - 01-Jun-2021

SkinVision helps to detect skin cancer at an early stage when its most treatable.

Encoded data from surgical procedures by robotic arm on a glass platter

iNews - 31-May-2021

Storing data on glass platters could improve the outcome of surgeries

New technique creating a tiny and intricate biomedical structure

Medgadget - 26-May-2021

Massive accelerator for biofabrication and tissue engineering research

Mitochondrial μ-cilia for climbing robots

Medgadget - 25-May-2021

Artificial version could help to propel tiny biomedical robots

Life-saving robot performs high quality CPR on ambulance patients in UK

Independent - 22-May-2021

LUCAS 3 robot, a paramedic companion, first to deploy in South Central Ambulance Services

A 3D-printed Third Thumb allows more functional activities with one hand

University College London (UCL) - 20-May-2021

Revolutionary wireless prosthetic thumb with effective adapatability in the brain

AI-powered app helps you identify skin, hair and nail issues

BBC - 19-May-2021

Google brings dermatology assistance using AI - can you trust the results?

World's smallest injectable chip monitors vital signs

Medgadget - 17-May-2021

Wireless chip measures body temperature in mice & has the potential to track other parameters in humans as well

Cardiovascular emergency warnings by machine learning

EurekAlert! - 17-May-2021

New model for predictive analytics of acute cardiovascular disease

Nano-enhanced tobramycin treats severe lung infections with only 2 doses

Phys.org - 13-May-2021

Antibiotic's efficacy improved by 100,000 times in treating cystic fibrosis - currently in preclinical stage

A simple blood test detects cancer even at its earliest stage

Mint - 09-May-2021

This could be a major breakthrough, but with a 100% accuracy claim it definitely needs reproducing

AI-crafted music playlists to be prescribed for mental health

BBC - 07-May-2021

MediMusic takes music therapy treatments to the next level, with trials in hospitals underway

New ultrasonic imaging provides 3D structure alongside conventional endoscopes

Medgadget - 05-May-2021

Provides information about the tissue such as stiffness and bio-compatibility

Carbon nanotubes deliver drugs directly to targeted site

Nano Magazine - 05-May-2021

Breakthrough strategy involving fusion of drug carrier membrane with the cell

New 3D printing method brings us closer to custom-made pills

The Engineer - 04-May-2021

Personalized porous tablets improve bioavailability of the drug and are much safer

Bioprinted cartilage rebuilds nose after skin cancer

New Atlas - 04-May-2021

Nose reconstruction made less invasive with 3D bioprinting, plans for human trails in 2-3 years

Latest 3D scanners diagnose heart disease in just 20 minutes

Independent - 04-May-2021

NHS rolls out 3D imaging technology for rapid diagnosis & early management of coronary heart disease

Bioage licenses new drugs to treat ageing and age-related diseases

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 28-Apr-2021

Raised $90M in series C funding - off to a great start initiating three clinical trials

Soft and flexible electrodes monitor neural activity in humans

Kurzweil Network - 28-Apr-2021

First-of-its-kind implantable electrodes work without damaging brain tissue

New software to design DNA nanorobots within minutes

Medgadget - 21-Apr-2021

These tiny yet complex devices hold a potential future in identifying & treating many diseases

Sweat sensor spots early signs of COVID-19 cytokine storms

Medgadget - 16-Apr-2021

Early diagnosis of respiratory infections with sweat sensor could enable early treatment to save lives

FDA clears AI-powered endoscopy system to detect colon cancer

Medgadget - 15-Apr-2021

Highlights polyps in real-time, and also works with pre-recorded colonoscopies

A blood test to personalize treatment for depression & bipolar disorder

Neuroscience News - 08-Apr-2021

RNA biomarker-based test identifies severity and future risk of developing mood disorders

Cancer drugs can be caged until delivered to the target site

Nano Magazine - 08-Apr-2021

Interesting drug delivery approach with rotaxanes to improve drug efficiency & reduce side effects

FDA designates breakthrough therapy for IceCure's medical device

MassDevice - 05-Apr-2021

Cryoablation system using liquid nitrogen sets new standards for treating breast cancer

Experts made synthetic cells that multiply like natural bacteria

New Scientist - 29-Mar-2021

7 additional genes created normally dividing artificial cells - interesting tool for future research works

Neutrobots wade through blood brain barrier to treat brain tumors in mice

INVERSE - 24-Mar-2021

Promising precision biomedicine in the near future with neutrophil-based drug carrier bots

João Pedro de Magalhães discusses longevity pharmacology and importance of human trials

Longevity Technology - 23-Mar-2021

Advances in longevity pharmacology to revolutionize healthcare with personalized therapies

Nanobots swarm like fish inside the bladder of living mice

Drug Target Review - 18-Mar-2021

Urease-fueled nanorobots with medical imaging tracker is a breakthrough in biomedical research

Painless eye examinations made possible with a soft contact lens

Medgadget - 18-Mar-2021

Stretchable, printed soft lens for early and accurate detection of eye diseases

Quantum dots tagged drugs showed better therapeutic outcomes in mice

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 17-Mar-2021

Using Ag2S as a drug delivery vehicle could reduce doses by 99% - meaning less side effects

Latest bioink printed airways from patient's own stem cells

Science Daily - 17-Mar-2021

New approach with seaweed-based material could bioprint transplantable organs soon

Insitro secures $400 million in series C funding

FierceBiotech - 15-Mar-2021

Giant leap towards developing transformative medicines powered by machine learning

Seven companies making headway towards bioelectronic medicine

Nanalyze - 13-Mar-2021

Medical devices with unique therapeutic applications for many diseases

Building digital twins for effective & personalized medicine

Science - 12-Mar-2021

Computer models to predict disease prognosis, health care needs, and fight future pandemics

NHS England rolls out at-home cancer screening pillcam kits

Guardian - 11-Mar-2021

Sci-fi turned real: swallowable tiny camera capsules to spot signs of bowel cancer

Richard Ljuhar sheds light on AI-driven ImageBiopsy lab

Medical Expo - 10-Mar-2021

Highlights the diagnostic accuracy of musculoskeletal diseases using AI processed medical imaging

Organ printing could soon be a reality with 3D printed hydrogels

Medgadget - 09-Mar-2021

New technique holds possibility of printing human organs, but currently limited to centimeter-sized models

Bionaut labs developed microbots to tackle untreatable cancers

FierceBiotech - 03-Mar-2021

Real injectable robots delivering drugs exactly where they're needed - the future is here!

FDA approved surgical robot to assist in transvaginal hysterectomies

Medgadget - 02-Mar-2021

Minimally invasive and effective surgical option with humanoid robotic arms

First-ever AI designed drug candidate for pulmonary fibrosis

Longevity Technology - 24-Feb-2021

Insilico's novel drug target is prepping for IND studies, expecting to start clinical studies by early 2022

A new computational model to design mammalian genetic programs

Phys.org - 19-Feb-2021

Engineered human cells through design-based process, eliminating trial and error approach

Genomics to help prevent and treat age-related vision loss

PHG Foundation - 16-Feb-2021

Early but promising results with genomics in diagnosis and treatment of macular degeneration

Wearable skin patch to track your health and fitness

Independent - 15-Feb-2021

Noninvasive sensor on skin continuously monitors several vitals all at once

One time injection of nanoparticles to treat skin cancer

Yale News - 02-Feb-2021

Nanoparticles with chemotherapy agent act longer, a potential alternative to cancer surgeries

Bones could soon be 3D printed directly into patient's body

IEEE Spectrum - 28-Jan-2021

Ceramic ink printing synthetic bones offers future scope for handheld printers

Automating healthy lifespan studies using nematodes

Kumamoto University - 28-Jan-2021

New automated system with AI searches genes, drugs to extend human healthy lifespan

New laser-steering robot makes endoscopic surgeries easier

Optics & Photonics News (OPN) - 20-Jan-2021

Laser-steering microrobot delivers high speed laser to perform minimally invasive surgeries

New approach to bring 3D functional organs to reality

University of Washington - 18-Jan-2021

Hydrogels in tissue engineering with cell signaling protein combinations

Genetic engineers used origami method in gene splicing process

The University of Sydney - 17-Jan-2021

Customizable nanobots to the cancer type could silence the targeted cancer genes

Artificial intelligence can revolutionise longevity medicine

Nature Aging - 14-Jan-2021

Collaboration among stakeholders can transform public health into public health longevity

Tempus launches a smart handheld device 'Tempus ONE' for oncologists

Business Wire - 11-Jan-2021

Relays all information & reports to offer real time solutions to physician problems

GRAIL partnered with the NHS to detect cancers early with a simple blood test

GRAIL - 11-Jan-2021

Hopefully this test could be available on the NHS later this year - form an orderly queue!

AI based sensor open new avenues in sleep and mental health

Psychology Today - 02-Jan-2021

Monitor real-time changes in serotonin levels & helps in developing new treatments

NHS offers test to avoid unwanted side effects of chemotherapy

Guardian - 28-Dec-2020

A landmark strategy towards integrating personalised treatments in routine cancer care

Engineered genes in gut bacteria might help you live longer

Forbes - 23-Dec-2020

Green light activated E.coli genes, extending life in Caenorhabditis elegans

Real time ELISA brought an entire lab onto a tiny chip

Stanford University - 21-Dec-2020

Provides quick and accurate blood profile of any protein & improves patient care

UV LED light - a new hope amidst the pandemic

Medical News Today - 20-Dec-2020

Effective in killing human coronavirus - residential use not recommended due to hazardous effects

Nanotech nurtures unique treatment for inoperable cancers

pharmaphorum - 18-Dec-2020

Innovate UK is funding specialists of nanotechnology & bioimaging to cure cancer

Robots to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic

Medical Expo - 18-Dec-2020

No risk of spreading the virus or getting infected - will reinforce the health task-force

Data from individual cells holds the key to a longer & healthier life

Science Business - 17-Dec-2020

Aim to intervene in ageing-related diseases before they cause harm. Sounds like curing ageing!

An AI tool that helps personalise COVID-19 treatment decisions

ZDNet - 15-Dec-2020

Has halved the mortality rates despite the second wave of the pandemic

Targeted nanoparticles in cancer therapy can reduce side effects

LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) - 15-Dec-2020

Calcium and citrate filled nanoparticles selectively kills cancer cells in mice

Microsoft AI tool fastens cancer screening tests in hospitals

pharmaphorum - 09-Dec-2020

Project InnerEye reduces clinicians workload and improves cancer care

Tiny spheres could deliver cancer drugs with no side effects

University of Leeds - 09-Dec-2020

Antibody guided microbubbles improves cancer therapy and eliminates toxicity

Robot able to make detailed 3D image in automated eye examination

Medical Expo - 02-Dec-2020

Scanner attached to robot performs stable eye scans without medical operators

Nanobarcodes could be used to label individual living cells

Nano Magazine - 01-Dec-2020

Could there be a day when you don't own all the cells in your body?

Deepmind's AI program has decoded a protein mystery

Guardian - 30-Nov-2020

Will help in developing designer meds, better crops & 'green enzymes' to counter pollution

A new enzyme discovered to reverse cellular ageing

Phys.org - 30-Nov-2020

Molecular simulations have discovered an enzyme with anti ageing and anti tumour effects

A blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer

BBC - 27-Nov-2020

NHS to offer this test to 165,000 people next year for detecting cancers early

Hitch-hiking nanoparticles improve bioavailability of drugs

Nano Magazine - 27-Nov-2020

Liquid coated nanoparticles effectively deliver drugs with no side effects

A microscopic machine developed using a new technique

eeNews Europe - 25-Nov-2020

3D print mini robot will help deliver drugs to specific parts in delicate surgeries

Johnson & Johnson unveil a new robotic platform 'Ottava'

MassDevice - 19-Nov-2020

Plan to integrate it with their FDA approved Monarch robotic surgical system

Magnetic spray transforms objects into lifesaving robots

New Scientist - 18-Nov-2020

Scientists made mini robots that work under magnetic field to deliver pills

Changes in retina could help identify Alzheimer's

Cedars-Sinai - 17-Nov-2020

Identifying early changes will help diagnose patients early and treat better

Scientists manufactures artificial organoids using automation

Lab Manager - 11-Nov-2020

Semi-automating tissue differentiation makes artificial tissues at a faster rate

Technology could be the key to healthy ageing

IT PRO - 11-Nov-2020

Tech can improve physical health, mental health and social circumstances of old age

Medgadget interviews CEO of Virtual Incision

Medgadget - 02-Nov-2020

John Murphy talks about a flexible mini robot (MIRA) that can help conduct bedside surgeries

Advanced liposomal supplements to support vital health functions

Longevity Technology - 26-Oct-2020

Quicksilver uses liposomal nanoparticles to deliver supplements-increases bioavailability

Longenesis enables Deep Longevity to develop more ageing clocks with access to more data

Longevity Technology - 23-Oct-2020

Interoperability has always been problematic in healthcare - we really need to crack it for ageing research

Meet Yomi- a robot to help you with your dental surgery

Nanalyze - 15-Oct-2020

Can assist and guide- reduces the risk of free hand dental surgeries

Artificial Intelligence overcomes endoscopist challenges

Med-Tech News - 13-Oct-2020

AI provides cheaper and accurate precision for identifying colorectal polyps

ProdromeScan to assess biochemical status in breast cancer

Prodrome Sciences - 12-Oct-2020

A blood test that can detect biomarkers for breast cancer risk and activity

Tiny lipid bubbles could deliver gene editing kit to your tissues

Phys.org - 08-Oct-2020

Will make it easier to target treatment to specific locations in the body

Early detection of osteoarthritis using machine learning

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - 07-Oct-2020

Cartilage maps along with machine learning algorithms predict arthritic cases

A tiny origami robot perform minimally invasive surgeries

Medical Expo - 06-Oct-2020

Japanese origami inspired robot perform precise and less invasive surgical tasks

A mini robot that helps print tissues in the body

Longevity Technology - 01-Oct-2020

Unfolds inside the body to print cells and tissues - might help bio print organs soon

Red Light Holland to test magic truffles with Jinfiniti's blood test

Yahoo! finance - 30-Sep-2020

AgingSOS test unveils the potential of psilocybin treatments for ageing and psychiatric disorders

Microrobots might treat nerve injuries in the near future

Science News - 25-Sep-2020

A magnetically controlled microrobot connects clusters of nerve cells

X-ray beams enable ultra small 3D printed structures

Phys.org - 22-Sep-2020

Fine structure suitable for tissue engineering and other medical applications

Alex Zhavoronkov explains why AI can help in peer reviewing drug development research

Nature Biotechnology - 14-Sep-2020

An automated sense-check of publications sounds like a good idea

Anti inflammatory peptides discovered in rice using Nuritas' AI program

Longevity Technology - 03-Sep-2020

Peptides reduce inflammaging and improve standardised physical tests

Nanoparticles might be the new vitamins

Phys.org - 03-Sep-2020

Space research suggests they might have a better antioxidant action than vitamins

IBM develops an online chemistry lab 'RoboRXN'

MIT Technology Review - 28-Aug-2020

Will lower the cost & speed up the process of developing drugs

Mass production possible of laser powered/guided robots small enough to inject

New Scientist - 26-Aug-2020

You could fit 50,000 of these in a drop of blood - nanomedicine is getting closer

Cheaper, faster approach for early disease diagnosis using gold biosensors

Nano Magazine - 25-Aug-2020

Nanoengineered gold identifies early signs of disease for better patient healthcare

An origami inspired miniature robot to help with microsurgeries

New Atlas - 25-Aug-2020

Will help carry out microscopic surgeries with great precision and control

A new technique of accelerating nerve regeneration in animals

Folio - 19-Aug-2020

Will help trauma patients recover faster and better from nerve injuries

Lasers tuned to break up plaques implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases

Tokyo University of Science (TUS) - 04-Aug-2020

Early days but interesting alternative to chemicals which are handicapped by blood brain barrier

Blood test for detecting Alzheimer's before symptoms appear

BBC - 29-Jul-2020

Experts found a protein indicating the disease, providing early treatment in the future

3D-printed Lego-inspired bricks, to heal broken bones

Medical Xpress - 25-Jul-2020

Tested some aspects in rats, could make lab-made organs for human transplant possible

AI reduces drug discovery from years to days - and that's just the start

Singularity Hub - 23-Jul-2020

Insilico Medicine is slashing the cost of drug development

New blood test detects cancer 4 years before symptoms appear

Guardian - 21-Jul-2020

When improved, could one day promote prevention and early treatment

Novel ageing pathway slows ageing of yeast cells in silico

CNN - 21-Jul-2020

It's a long way to go to having an effect in humans in vivo, but an interesting approach

Distracting the immune system boosts efficiency of therapeutic nanoparticles

Nano Magazine - 17-Jul-2020

Universal approach works with wide variety of nanoagents from 8 nm quantum dots to larger nanobots

Development of a light-powered gripping tool –optical pliers

Phys.org - 15-Jul-2020

This new tech can enable miniaturization and remote control in tight spaces

3D printed heart like organoid can contract spontaneously and synchronously

University of Minnesota - 15-Jul-2020

This organoid with chambers can fit into a mouse's belly

Highly specific and effective anti-cancer custom nanoparticle

Nano Magazine - 08-Jul-2020

Able to regress tumor in mice within one to two days, and prevent regrowth

New technology will be needed to perform surgery in space

The Conversation - 08-Jul-2020

With increasing space flights it's inevitable that complex procedures will be carried out in microgravity

Robotic scientists can do lab work faster

BBC - 06-Jul-2020

Does not mean that machines will be able to replace human scientists

3D-printed corneal stroma constructs can withstand intraocular pressure.

3D Printing Industry - 02-Jul-2020

3D printing process is a promising technology to obtain cornea structure

The first liquid prosthesis for degenerative retinal blindness

Phys.org - 29-Jun-2020

Significant results seen in mice, all made possible by nanotechnology

Two drug molecules delivered via nanoparticles to combat atherosclerosis

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 26-Jun-2020

Success in mice model gives hope for fighting cholesterol-associated inflammatory diseases

Smartphones may be the next big thing in digital health

Medical Futurist - 16-Jun-2020

In built sensors can take cues to diagnose diseases or even simply monitor your health

Robotic injections for safer, pain-free aesthetic procedures

Medical Expo - 08-Jun-2020

The future new norm to revolutionize how patients get botox and soft tissue fillers

Researchers successfully 3D-printed human-like ears in mice

New Scientist - 05-Jun-2020

Can potentially repair damaged cartilage in other parts of the human body

Scientists track cell development from within, using a nanodevice

SciTechDaily - 30-May-2020

Forces of physics act in a programmed pattern to drive cellular behaviour

Iron nanobots for diagnostic imaging, drug delivery and target cell destruction

EurekAlert! - 20-May-2020

Can manipulate these nanobots inside the body using magnetic fields

Automated manufacturing of custom-engineered cell lines

News Medical - 20-May-2020

This technology is very promising and has an enormous potential

Drones to deliver defibrillators for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Sweden

MobiHealthNews - 19-May-2020

Immediate defibrillation is the key to surviving a sudden cardiac arrest

Immunai, to map immune system for better diagnosis, disease treatment

Healthcare IT News - 14-May-2020

This application of machine learning will soon speed up drug development

Simple blood testing to detect Alzheimer's disease

Futurity - 12-May-2020

This discovery could greatly reduce costs of diagnosing and studying the disease

Can this blood-drawing and testing robot replace professionals?

Verdict - 05-May-2020

Larger-scale clinical trials now in the works for a side-by-side comparison

Nanoparticles carrying TNF can stimulate healing of muscle ischemia

University of Illinois - 01-May-2020

Able to recover from induced surgical ischameia in hind legs of mice

The integral role of gut microbiome in precision medicine

AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - 01-May-2020

Huge potential in a more personalized diagnostics and diet-based disease interventions

Mapping gene expression regulation in yeast to understand ageing

Google AI Blog - 29-Apr-2020

Made possible by Calico's research expertise and Google AI's machine learning tech

Why 3D supplement printing holds a bright future for longevity

Forbes - 28-Apr-2020

Vast potential when tapped for pharmaceutical medicine use as well

Thrive’s CancerSEEK uses blood tests for early multi-cancer detection

Endpoints News - 28-Apr-2020

Demonstrated in a large prospective study involving patients without cancer history

Dentroid's robotic laser to revolutionize dentistry post-pandemic

The Canberra Times - 27-Apr-2020

Offers physical protection for patients, dentists among other advantages

Using light to power and communicate key to ultra-small sensors

Tech Xplore - 22-Apr-2020

One step nearer to thousands of nanobots monitoring us from the inside

DNA testing in a cheap, lightweight portable device

New Scientist - 22-Apr-2020

This 10 dollar device can give results in about one and half hours

Squeezing red blood cells onto E. coli creates a bio delivery system

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 14-Apr-2020

Interesting method to make naturally useful RBCs smaller and more mobile

M3DIMAKER 3D printer for personalized medicine, launched

3DPrint.com - 10-Apr-2020

Revolutionary tech to tailor patient-specific drugs for research and actual use

Smart toilet can detect health conditions through AI camera

Independent - 07-Apr-2020

Promising tech for personalized health monitoring via analysis of excreta

Blood test as multi-cancer detection tool

BBC - 31-Mar-2020

More to look forward as it promises early cancer detection when fine-tuned

COVID-19 advanced testing lab created by UC Berkeley scientists

University of California, Berkeley - 30-Mar-2020

In response to mass testing needs, they employ robotics and automation for accuracy and speed

Half a million computers across the world unite to fight against COVID-19 virus

Independent - 26-Mar-2020

They need one million computers and it's your chance to be one in a million!

AdventHealth partners with Helix for a 10,000-patient DNA sequencing trial

Clinical Leader - 23-Mar-2020

A big study to look forward as it intends to improve disease prevention, diagnosis, and management

Digital twins to revolutionize personalized medicine

Medical Futurist - 19-Mar-2020

Risk prediction and best therapy for a specific patient is a future possibility

Kinsa's smart thermometer, an early warning device for COVID-19

New York Times - 18-Mar-2020

Very beneficial as health sector sees where to prioritize testing

CloudMind robots used to protect staff in Wuhan field hospital

CNET - 14-Mar-2020

Able to monitor patients' vital signs and deliver medication remotely

A hospital in Italy resorts to 3D printing in desperate times

3D Printing Media Network - 14-Mar-2020

3D printing is a quick alternative when the product chains are getting delayed

Intelligent robot reduces cross-infection risks for coronavirus

The Strait Times - 10-Mar-2020

Besides preventing cross-infection for medical workers, robot prevents improper sample collecting

AI system can recognize pneumonia due to Covid-19 in chest CT

The Next Web - 02-Mar-2020

There many CT images to analyse so this AI saves up times

Revolutionizing 3D handheld bioprinter

UConn Today - 27-Feb-2020

Bioprinter was successfully tested on mice, significant muscle hypertrophy was recorded

Nanoparticles that can directly target cancer cells

Nano Magazine - 24-Feb-2020

A success in petri dishes and animal models, eyed for potential in tumor drug delivery

Antibiotic created using AI killed drug-resistant bacterias

Guardian - 20-Feb-2020

Thanks to the algorithm scientists tested 107m compounds in just 3 days

Biomarker in urine can be effective for the early detection of bladder cancer

New Atlas - 20-Feb-2020

Early detection means fewer complications and less financial contributions in the system

NHS surgeons' first time to use Versius robot in minimal access surgery

Digital Health - 20-Feb-2020

Option of robotic surgery to be provided for people in need across UK

Mobile apps to detect skin cancer are not always accurate

Digital Health - 14-Feb-2020

AI apps can be inefficient in skin cancer diagnosis, if not properly regulated and certified

LEAF interviews Hanadie Yousef, co-founder and CEO of Juvena Therapeutics

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 11-Feb-2020

Muscle regeneration would have a huge hit on healthspan - getting people more mobile again

AI predicts the likelihood of finding antidepressant helpful

New Scientist - 10-Feb-2020

If developed, new research could help to improve the quality of mental disease treatments

Liquid biopsy detects early signs of cancer

Smithsonian - 07-Feb-2020

Analyzing cancer DNA in blood can present easier diagnosis and more effective treatments

Nanorobots vs cancer, the newest low-cost drug concept

Nano Magazine - 05-Feb-2020

Made of DNA fragments, nanorobots will be used to locate and destroy cancer cells

Robot that can take blood samples

Rutgers Today - 05-Feb-2020

Robot can save time, perform the procedure reliably and save money in health care

3D skin printing as simple as painting walls with a roller

University of Toronto - 04-Feb-2020

Skin transplantation could be no longer needed because this device makes everything more simple

Detecting depression with smartphones

Kurzweil Network - 01-Feb-2020

Connecting the app data with physicians can help to prevent the risks associated with depression

Drug molecule developed using AI to undergo human trials

BBC - 30-Jan-2020

Can speed up drug discovery process using artificial intelligence

Clinical trials now up for Exscientia's world first AI-made drug

pharmaphorum - 30-Jan-2020

Partnering with Japan's DSP, a milestone is reached in OCD treatment

Nanoparticle that can save you from having a heart attack

Nano Magazine - 28-Jan-2020

Discovery is a promising one, and in the future, expected to reduce the risk of heart attacks

Clinicians identified adults at risk for key health conditions

Business Wire - 27-Jan-2020

Studies were done by integrating whole-genome sequencing with advanced imaging and blood metabolites

Pre-mature deaths in adults may be prevented, shown by HLI's largest study

EurekAlert! - 27-Jan-2020

Made possible by early detection of disease and disease risks through whole genome sequencing

First US coronavirus patient treated using robot in isolation unit

Guardian - 23-Jan-2020

Unit can expand to 10 units - but would be overwhelmed with a full-scale pandemic

3D printed hybrid living materials that can control living organisms

Phys.org - 23-Jan-2020

Pigments can be replaced with useful chemical substances in the future

Professor emphasizes power of AI in faster development of new drugs

University of Toronto - 23-Jan-2020

Unimaginable potential of AI yet to be discovered and applied in medicine

A living, but programmable organism invented

Independent - 14-Jan-2020

"Living robots" are created from completely biological material

Treating cancer with salt nanoparticles in mouse model

Nano Magazine - 08-Jan-2020

Acts more on cancer cells compared to normal cells and eliminates them

Latest study showed that artificial intelligence could diagnose brain tumours

Independent - 06-Jan-2020

Diagnosis with AI combined with pathologist can reduce the risk of misdiagnosis

New AI program detects breast cancer better than specialists

Guardian - 01-Jan-2020

If clinical trials succeed, it will improve breast cancer screening accuracy and efficiency

Video game that improves mindfulness

Medical Xpress - 27-Dec-2019

Team is aiming to change the cognitive, emotional processes of people by the video game

GSK on artificial intelligence drive to develop drugs faster

Guardian - 25-Dec-2019

The more people looking at clever new ways to beat cancer the better

A new and innovative way of delivering targeted chemotherapy to cancer tumours

BBC - 18-Dec-2019

Improving effectiveness with reduced side effects - fingers crossed for this first-in-person trial

AlzEye to hunt for Alzheimer's in retina scans

The Economist - 18-Dec-2019

People's eye changes over 10 years were correlated with the emergence of Alzheimer’s disease

Brazilian researchers create "mini-livers" using human blood cells

Agência FAPESP - 18-Dec-2019

Soon it may be possible to print a liver in 90 days instead of waiting for a transplant

New generation implantable devices to replace traditional medication

BBC - 17-Dec-2019

Advanced neural technologies to treat diseases and restore life expectancies

New, more reliable FDA-approved device to help type 1 diabetes patients

The Verge - 13-Dec-2019

This closed-loop system customizes treatment, automatically adjusts insulin levels

Robots perform major surgeries with great precision

BBC - 12-Dec-2019

More and more robots are becoming available, but needs to choose only the best!

Optical imaging technology that enables detection of all colorectal cancers

Futurity - 11-Dec-2019

Reduces the chances of missing even smallest precancerous lesions

Nanoparticle for the detection of vascular calcification

Nano Magazine - 10-Dec-2019

Nanoparticles minimize the difficulty in identifying dangerous vascular calcifications

Synthetic protocells allow researchers to examine cell movement

Nano Magazine - 06-Dec-2019

The more ways we can study and understand cell activity the better

Curing prostate cancer with ultra sound waves

Independent - 02-Dec-2019

Approved for clinical use in Europe - can be done as an outpatient procedure

Toshiba Corp presents a technology for an early cancer detection

Japan Times - 25-Nov-2019

Technology's advantages in the industry are 99% accuracy, 2 hour detection time, obtainable cost

Importance of the urine analysis is leading to the "smart toilet" development

Medical News Bulletin - 21-Nov-2019

Technologies are good for diagnosing the symptoms, not for providing the information of the cause

AI and CRISPR Key to Stem Cell Use in Regenerative Medicine

FierceBiotech - 20-Nov-2019

Functional organs from stem cells possible through machine learning and gene-editing

Robotic-assisted neurovascular intervention in brain surgery

ZDNet - 11-Nov-2019

Robotic surgery will give patients access to the best specialists regardless of geographic location

Magnetic nanoparticles that filter diseases from blood awaiting human trials

Telegraph - 10-Nov-2019

Once technology is proven it could be used to remove ageing factors in old blood

94% of people stop using mental health apps after 15 days

New Scientist - 06-Nov-2019

Apps that enable you to talk to someone experiencing similar issues are used the most

A new breakthrough in the regenerative medicine

TechRadar - 04-Nov-2019

Using a fluid matrix instead of a solid support structure may be the solution of bioprinting

Simple blood test for early detection of breast cancer

Telegraph - 03-Nov-2019

Samples from 800 patients are being tested now for improving the test accuracy

Algorithms creating discrimination in the US healthcare system

Wired - 24-Oct-2019

Software guidance for patients gives privileges to white patients over black patients

State of play of single-cell sequencing technology

Labiotech - 14-Oct-2019

Extreme personalised medicine realises there is no such thing as an average cell

Drug invented for a girl with Batten disease

BBC - 12-Oct-2019

Doctors from Boston sequenced in detail whole genome of Mila and found the disease-causing mutation

Non-surgical medical robots for help by ABB

FierceBiotech - 10-Oct-2019

Pipetting, sorting test tubes or preparing medicines by robots in near future

Nanalyze looks at Insilico Medicine's AlphaGo moment in pharma

Nanalyze - 09-Oct-2019

From lab to clinic in 2 years instead of 10 would have a huge impact on health

SkinVision app uses machine-learning to identify risk of skin cancer early

Digital Health - 08-Oct-2019

Trained on over 3 million photos - no human specialist has ever reviewed that many

Real-time neuron simulation achieved by the University of Manchester

New Scientist - 08-Oct-2019

Only represents a tiny amount of brain, but will eventually be more powerful than humans

The future of cystic fibrosis can be different thanks to personalized medicine

Cystic Fibrosis News Today - 04-Oct-2019

40% of patients with CF don't respond to treatment because of rare mutations

Importance of AI in drug discovery

Select Science - 01-Oct-2019

Automation eliminates manual operation and leaves no room for errors

The present and the future of automated machine learning

Forbes - 28-Sep-2019

Analysis of cardiac MRI can be done faster, more accurate, using automated machine learning programs

Detection of pancreatic cancer with a urine test

Science Focus - 25-Sep-2019

Test will be used in a clinical study, if it will get approved, the test will roll out to patients

Senescent cells amplify blood clotting - now protein targets identified

Buck Institute - 24-Sep-2019

Could help tackle venous thrombosis that becomes a bigger risk with age

Machine learning identifies patients risk of cardiovascular death

GEEK - 13-Sep-2019

RiskCardio relies on 15 minutes of a patient’s raw electrocardiogram (ECG) signal

Patient on the operating table, while surgeon 20 miles away

Futurism - 11-Sep-2019

Robotic surgery increases patients access to medical help and decreases their time for treatment

New blood test can detect lung cancer before symptoms show up

BBC - 10-Sep-2019

Detects 50% more early stage lung cancers and being expanded to detect other types

Heart transplantation could become as easy as changing watch batteries

Futurism - 09-Sep-2019

Mini heart can be used for testing different drugs effects on the heart muscles

3D-printed living human tissues with vascular channels

Wyss Institute - 06-Sep-2019

Artificially grown human organs are the solution of the organ transplant shortage

AI guesses a person's biological age and sex using an ECG

The Register - 28-Aug-2019

Still not sure how the artificial intelligence does it though

Threadlike robot worm can prevent strokes and aneurysms

Gizmodo - 28-Aug-2019

In the future, it can be used as a delivery mechanism for clot reducing drugs

Retina-on-a-chip model to study eye disease

ScienceDaily - 27-Aug-2019

Will tell us about the new drugs that can cause blindness

New highly personalised healthcare technology

Engineers Journal - 26-Aug-2019

Polypharmacy burden could be ended with personalized medicine breakthrough

Nanobots - potential superheroes in the war against cancer

Sifted - 26-Aug-2019

There's a chance for at least one of these novel approaches might work

New screening test may help to nip ovarian cancers in the bud

Independent - 23-Aug-2019

4x survival rate if EOC is caught early

Surgical snakebots will come in handy in the operating theatre

ZDNet - 20-Aug-2019

Navigates through the body in a customised manner to reach its destination

Graphene nanoflakes can deliver drugs to target tissues

Phys.org - 19-Aug-2019

Tested on mice model - need to slow down excretion from tissues

Personalised DNA tests to easily detect breast cancer DNA in blood

Independent - 07-Aug-2019

With all these cancers on the rise, are we acting fast enough?

Transdermal optical imaging using smartphones to measure blood pressure

University of Toronto - 06-Aug-2019

Facial video of 2-minutes could measure blood pressure due to translucent skin

Using nano-vaccine for preventing and treating tumours in mice

The times of Israel - 05-Aug-2019

New approach has been effective in preventing the development of melanoma, treating primary tumours

AI can spot past atrial fibrillation even in a normal ECG

BBC - 02-Aug-2019

Warns the doctors about rhythm abnormalities that went undetected

Mobile app rapidly alerts clinicians of acute kidney injury

BBC - 01-Aug-2019

Lab results to the right doctors at the right time can improve patient's outcome

FRESH technology can bioprint a 3D extracellular matrix of collagen

Medical Xpress - 01-Aug-2019

A future without the need for organ harvesting and trafficking

"Smart" cells for 'smart' therapies

UCSF - 24-Jul-2019

“Smart” cells behave like tiny autonomous robots, planned to detect damage and deliver help

DNA databases of paying customers used to develop new drugs

Wall Street Journal - 22-Jul-2019

Priorities - finding new drugs to cure diseases or your privacy?

Contactless surgery robots cut bones using laser

Med-Tech News - 17-Jul-2019

Robot guided laser cutting surgery – now that’s medical technology!

New personalized cancer drugs emerge from labs and enter trials

Newsweek - 16-Jul-2019

Days of receiving one-size-fits-all regimens of chemotherapy and radiation may soon be in the past

Agreement signed in Moscow to start production of the surgical robot Sina

Iran Front Page (IFP) - 14-Jul-2019

Also improves surgeon’s performance by reducing hand tremors

Programmable bacteria can be used to kill cancer cells

New York Times - 03-Jul-2019

This could be dawn of a new era - cancer treatment without side effects

New urine test for predicting outcomes in patients with prostate cancer

BBC - 26-Jun-2019

36‐gene classifiers are known as Prostate Urine Risk (PUR) signatures.

Statins as a preventive medicine for “invisible population”

Guardian - 19-Jun-2019

DNA tests might identify ‘invisible population’ who are not currently seen as in danger

New AI tool can help clinicians to identify brain aneurysms

Stanford University - 13-Jun-2019

Improved accuracy of diagnosis and agreement between clinicians

New laser based method can scan tumour cells in circulating blood

Independent - 12-Jun-2019

Very clever technology – super-accurate blood test without taking a drop of blood

AI diagnosing several diseases from a single blood test

GeekWire - 11-Jun-2019

In a few years, we might have enough training data to actually achieve some diagnostic results

DNA nanorobot can target breast cancer cells for destruction

Phys.org - 05-Jun-2019

Lowering the levels of HER2 slows cancer cell proliferation and triggers cell death

3-D bioprinted stem-cell tissue to treat kidney disease in future

Medical Xpress - 31-May-2019

Uses bio-ink to create artificial living tissue in a laboratory

Digital triage system could cut down pointless hospital visits

Huffington Post - 24-May-2019

Outpatient appointments at home, work or even inside your car

Lung cancer diagnosed by Artificial intelligence

BBC - 20-May-2019

AI and doctors working together can be more effective

Scientists create a lab-made microbe with fully redesigned DNA for the first time

Guardian - 15-May-2019

Organisms can survive even with a simple genetic code

3D printed organ that mimics lungs

Popular Mechanics - 03-May-2019

This revolutionary model could have a major impact on organ donations

Nanoparticles can remove plaque and protect teeth

Digital Trends - 30-Apr-2019

Prevents reestablishment of plaques, therefore more efficient than antibacterial agents

Cobots could solve caring crisis as population ages

BBC - 22-Apr-2019

A useful short term fix until rejuvenation technologies mean we are no longer elderly

IBM stopped the sales of Drug-Discovering Watson AI

Futurism - 19-Apr-2019

Powerful technology in the healthcare field must improve patients’ health

FDA proposes new rules for locked and adaptive AI algorithms

The Register - 03-Apr-2019

Regulators will struggle to keep up with improvements in AI diagnosis

Synthetic organelle introduces a new genetic code to cells

Singularity Hub - 03-Apr-2019

No need to wait for evolution - we will be able to manipulate life forms soon

Wearable monitor detects more cancer cells than liquid biopsy

Medical News Today - 01-Apr-2019

Human trials in a few years time

Genome Project-­Write could synthesize entire human genome

Wired - 27-Mar-2019

George Church has grand plans to make better cells

CRISPR-Chip uses graphene transistors to detect genetic mutations

Bioengineer.org - 25-Mar-2019

Could reduce time and cost of DNA testing

Nanobot able to measure sub-cellular structures in live cells

University of Toronto - 13-Mar-2019

Used for research now, but technique could have clinical applications in future

Selective laser trabeculoplasty is the best treatment for glaucoma

Guardian - 09-Mar-2019

It just takes 15 minutes of laser pulses to clear all blockages

Millions of nanobots manufactured on silicon wafers

Slash Gear - 08-Mar-2019

Plan to incorporate controllers and sensors in future

Synthetic antibodies able to target senescent cells

University of Leicester - 06-Mar-2019

nanoMIPs could improve the specificity of senolytics

AI makes ovarian cancer prognosis and treatment recommendation

Pharmaceutical Business Review - 18-Feb-2019

More accurate than current methods - we'll hear this a lot with AI in healthcare

Google's Verily AI spots diabetes damage in eyes

Guardian - 08-Feb-2019

Another great example of machine learning saving time and lives

Smart inflatable pill that monitors the stomach

BBC - 30-Jan-2019

In the stomachs of pigs these smart pills lasted for one month

NHS to offer DNA tests to build up national database

BBC - 26-Jan-2019

Lots more detail needed - how much, what will be tested for, how will results be interpreted?

3D printing is changing personalised medicine

Verdict - 18-Jan-2019

From surgical planning and implants, to patient-specific pills

World's first 5G operation performed on an animal

Independent - 17-Jan-2019

Speed and latency of 5G is enabling telepresence and telesurgery applications

New type of medicine made from living bacteria

Guardian - 16-Jan-2019

Can be used to add or remove products from the body

Newspaper claims of new breast cancer testing tool are premature

NHS - 15-Jan-2019

Accurate risk estimate only available with a complete set of data for a patient.

Bioprinted spinal implant enables nerve cells to reconnect

Wired - 14-Jan-2019

Hopefully nerve grafts will become as common as skin grafts one day

AI detects misshapen nuclei that indicate ovarian cancer

Independent - 12-Jan-2019

Once trained artificial intelligence is almost aways going to be more reliable than humans

Human cartilage tissue 3D bioprinted on ISS

Med-Tech News - 10-Jan-2019

One small step for man, one bioprinted leg for mankind?!

Spinal surgery robot more accurate than humanly possible

Digital Health - 10-Jan-2019

Pre-planned procedures are the next step to fully autonomous robotic surgery

Biomarkers identified to help diagnose atrial fibrillation

BBC - 07-Jan-2019

Could enable point of care blood testing instead of current ECG screening

Cancer breathalyser starts clinical trial for wide range of cancers

Guardian - 03-Jan-2019

VOCs in breath captured by mask sent to lab for diagnosis - avoids invasive tests

Tumour cells examined in virtual reality

BBC - 26-Dec-2018

Allows researchers to better understand tumour structure and examine it from any angle

World's largest gene sequencing project in healthcare

BBC - 05-Dec-2018

100,000 Genomes Project has ended "diagnostic odyssey" for 1 in 4 participants with rare diseases

One step closer to a universal cancer test

Guardian - 04-Dec-2018

Will take only ten minutes to tell you all about your cancers

Robot seeks out skin cancer with suction (video)

BBC - 15-Oct-2018

A robot developed by the MIT is helping wth the diagnosis of skin conditions and abnormalities

nanoComposix: leading the nanotechnology world by innovation

GEN News - 15-Oct-2018

Innovation is necessary to survive in the field of nanotechnology

Multi-legged mini-robot made for drug delivery

Cosmos - 03-Oct-2018

A new flexible mini robot capable of carrying several times its own weight may be used for drug delivery in the future

Multi-legged millirobot could one day deliver medicines in the body

The Engineer - 26-Sep-2018

Multi-legged millirobot has 40 times less friction than a limbless robot in wet, dry environments

App offers a screening method for skin cancer

Digital Health Age - 24-Sep-2018

This app’s algorithm is meant to provide early warning for skin cancer with a 30 seconds scan

New Versius robot surgery system coming to NHS

BBC - 03-Sep-2018

This new robot is smaller and easier to set-up allowing a wider range of procedures

AI predicts how cancers will evolve and spread

Institute of Cancer Research - 31-Aug-2018

The REVOLVER A.I system is meant to predict a tumor’s mutation pattern based on previous cases

3D Printed Paracetamol Tablets for Personalized Medicine

3DPrint.com - 15-Aug-2018

3D printing tablets helps controlling dosage and composition of drug treatments

Aging focused biotechs forms AI based joint venture

FierceBiotech - 14-Aug-2018

Groundbreaking research biotechs performs aging research together for longevity

AI eye doctor as good as experts

Guardian - 13-Aug-2018

This A.I reports over 50 different eye diseases with a 94% accuracy

3-D printed biomaterials for bone tissue engineering

Medical Xpress - 13-Aug-2018

A biodegradable material that mimics bone was used for Bone Tissue Engineering in animals

Attempts to revolutionize pathogen detection

FierceBiotech - 25-Jul-2018

Treatment could be more effective if we can identify resistance patterns at the begining

8 Types of Robotic Surgery Being Used Today

Nanalyze - 20-Jul-2018

Brief description of available robotic surgery procedures and their corresponding equipment

Robot revolutionises study of new molecules

Independent - 18-Jul-2018

This software test many chemical reactions simultaneously and may lead to faster drug discovery

How to predict the side effects of millions of drug combinations

Kurzweil Network - 17-Jul-2018

Zitnik created a new network to describe how different drugs interact with our bodies

Leukaemia blood test breakthrough

Independent - 09-Jul-2018

With this method researchers can now detect acute myeloid leukaemia years in advance with a blood sample

Magnetic Microrobots Deliver Cells Into Living Animals

The Scientist - 27-Jun-2018

3D-printed Nickle and Titanium microrobots delivered cancer cells into mice

Google AI predicts hospital patient deaths

Independent - 20-Jun-2018

Google’s algorithm predicted inpatient mortality in two different hospitals

Robot First: Operating On A Human Eye

Futurism - 18-Jun-2018

The PRECEYES system performed 12 delicate eye surgeries successfully

DNA tests make people live healthier lives

Independent - 15-Jun-2018

New web tool analyses over 49000 DNA markers to calculate risk for various diseases

Machines may replace traditional medical stitching

Nursing Times - 31-May-2018

Sutrue developed a new handheld device to assist with stitching and reduce risk of infection

First 3D-printed human corneas

Kurzweil Network - 31-May-2018

3D printing could allow an unlimited supply of corneas

3D printing: risks vs. benefits for the pharma industry

Pharma Times - 29-May-2018

3D printing is expensive right now but it may promote decentralization of some healthcare aspects

Micro-robot Delivers Drugs in Capsules

Business Korea - 23-May-2018

The robot is capsule-shaped, hollow and has propellants that mimic bacterial movements

Robots grow mini-organs from human stem cells

ScienceDaily - 17-May-2018

An automated system was developed to keep track of the growing of mini-organs from human stem cells

Handheld skin printer could help heal burn victims

Engadget - 07-May-2018

Handheld device deposits skin directly onto patients' wounds.

The DNA Data We Have Is Too White

Smithsonian - 30-Apr-2018

87 percent of participants in worldwide genomics research of European descent.

First use of Medineering Robotic Endoscopy system

MassDevice - 26-Apr-2018

Robotic Endoscopy system used in its first clinical procedure.

Vicarious Surgical raises $17m VR robot-assisted surgery device

MassDevice - 17-Apr-2018

Ccombines virtual reality with proprietary human-like surgical robotics.

Nanobots Glide Through Living Cells

IEEE Spectrum - 13-Apr-2018

Corkscrew-shaped nanomotor uses small, rotating magnetic fields.

Robotic device revolutionises knee surgery at London hospital

Evening Standard - 04-Apr-2018

Hand-held robot is revolutionising knee replacement surgery.

Algorithm Is a Big Step Towards Whole-Brain Simulation

Singularity Hub - 21-Mar-2018

International team completely revamped the structure of a popular simulation algorithm.

SFU's robotic chemical biology research lab

The Peak - 20-Mar-2018

New Centre for High Throughput Chemical Biology (cHTCB) facility.

Digistain offers revolution in detailed cancer diagnosis

Imperial College London - 13-Mar-2018

New imaging technology to grade tumour biopsies.

Virtual Cell Can Simulate Cellular Growth

R&D World - 05-Mar-2018

Virtual yeast cell model can learn from real-world behaviors.

Robotic labs for high-speed genetic research are on the rise

The Economist - 01-Mar-2018

In the basement of Imperial College sits the London DNA Foundry.

Low-cost single-cell analysis for rheumatoid arthritis

ScienceDaily - 23-Feb-2018

New York Genome Center has develop a portable, low-cost microfluidic controller.

DeepMind to identify risks during hospital stays

MobiHealthNews - 22-Feb-2018

Veterans Affairs has announced a research partnership with Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind.

100,000 Genomes Project hits halfway milestone

Cancer Research UK - 21-Feb-2018

Project to uncover the genetic causes of diseases began in 2012.

Synthetic nanofactory cell produces drugs in vivo

Silicon Republic - 14-Feb-2018

Synthetic cell produces anti-cancer proteins within tumour tissue.

Cancer-hunting nanorobots can shrink tumours

Independent - 13-Feb-2018

Nanobots made from origami-folded DNA sheets.

DeepMind develops AI to diagnose eye diseases

Financial Times - 04-Feb-2018

Crunched data from thousands of retinal scans to train an AI algorithm.

UK healthcare AI startup signed 15 trade deals with Chinese organisations

Verdict - 01-Feb-2018

Plans to improve patient care in China and around the world

Handheld device sequences human genome

BBC - 29-Jan-2018

Handheld device developed by the company Oxford Nanopore.

Tiny Magnetic Hammer Drives Through Brain Tissue

IEEE Spectrum - 29-Jan-2018

Millirobots responds to magnetic field generated by MRI scanners.

Tech bosses at Davos predict 21st century medical revolution

Telegraph - 24-Jan-2018

Expect long-awaited breakthroughs in fight against cancer and diabetes.

Swallowable sensor transmits live from the gut

BBC - 23-Jan-2018

Pill-sized sensor capsule transmits live data from the intestines.

AI Predicts If You Will Die This Year

Newsweek - 20-Jan-2018

Predicts whether someone will die within three months to a year.

Blood test detects eight common forms of cancer

BBC - 19-Jan-2018

Looks for mutations in 16 genes and eight proteins that regularly arise in cancer.

Moving towards clinical applications of genomics

Open Access Government - 18-Jan-2018

Role of high throughput sequencing (HTS) in rare and complex diseases.

Robot Scientist Uncovers Antibacterial Kills Malaria

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 18-Jan-2018

Eve was developed by scientists at the Universities of Manchester, Aberystwyth, and Cambridge.

Scientist are working on a Human Cell Atlas

Wired - 10-Jan-2018

This comprehensive map of human cells will revolutionise medicine

Total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize analysis of disease

EurekAlert! - 03-Jan-2018

Scientists at UC Davis outline the development and benefits of this innovative diagnostic tool.

AI early diagnosis could save heart patients

BBC - 02-Jan-2018

Cardiologists analyse heartbeat scans incorrectly in one in five cases.

Physicists take first step toward cell-sized robots

Cornel Chronicle - 02-Jan-2018

Robot exoskeleton can rapidly change shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes.

Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body

New York Times - 26-Dec-2017

Our bodies make roughly 20,000 different kinds of proteins.

Robots Run Experiments While Scientists Sleep

Forbes - 21-Dec-2017

Transcriptic robotic cloud laboratory allows users to run synthetic biology experiments remotely.

Molecular Robotics at the Wyss Institute

Robohub - 20-Dec-2017

Robots and DNA share the ability to be programmed to complete a specific function.

Virtual Artery improves prediction of treatment side-effects

European Commission - 05-Dec-2017

Multiscale computer model incorporates data from physics, chemistry and biology.

FDA approves cancer-gene profiling test

Chron - 02-Dec-2017

Foundation Medicine's test for patients with advanced or widely spread cancers.

Unnatural microbe can make proteins

BBC - 29-Nov-2017

Bacterium's DNA modified to incorporate six letters instead of four.

The Lab of the Future: AI and Microfluidics

Technology Networks - 27-Nov-2017

Integration of robotics and automation has revolutionized procedures.

Biodegradable microrobots could deliver drugs

Independent - 22-Nov-2017

Biohybrids are biological cells with magnetic particles engineered on to guide them.

Robot Passes Chinese Medical Licensing Exam

Futurism - 20-Nov-2017

Xiaoyi is a robot developed by leading Chinese AI company iFlytek.

Cellink can 3D print human body parts

BBC - 15-Nov-2017

Currently growing cartilage and skin cells suitable for testing drugs and cosmetics.

Gates Invests $50M in Big Data for Alzheimer’s

HealthITAnalytics - 14-Nov-2017

Hoping to accelerate precision medicine research into a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

Automating histology for the busy pathologist

Digital Journal - 11-Nov-2017

Aquaro Histology obtains investment to commercialize automated microtomy technology.

Human Exposome Project to decode how environmental factors damage health

Science Business - 07-Nov-2017

Will look at diet, lifestyle, occupational and environmental factors.

Blueprint for extraordinary Human Cell Atlas unveiled

Cambridge Independent - 02-Nov-2017

Atlas will be a comprehensive collection of reference maps of the human body.

Funding to quickly determine if cancer treatment is working

Express - 02-Nov-2017

Cartridge would quickly extract small fractions of circulating tumour DNA in the blood

Japanese surgical robot aims to challenge da Vinci

The Robot Report - 30-Oct-2017

Riverfield Surgical Robot Laboratory raises $10 million for Emaro robot-assisted surgery platform.

AI help detect cancer in less than a second

Telegraph - 29-Oct-2017

Able to distinguish potentially dangerous tumours from harmless growths.

New research center seeks to map out China’s genes

Global Times - 29-Oct-2017

80 million Chinese in new genome sequencing project.

3D Printing and Medical Equipment

3DPrint.com - 28-Oct-2017

Ekso Bionics exoskeleton uses 3D printing to tailor the suit to its user.

AI reads and interprets a medical scan for a dollar

Engadget - 27-Oct-2017

Sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 100% for CT scans

How Veterans Affairs is leading with big data

Healthcare IT News - 25-Oct-2017

Blood samples of an estimated half million veterans gathered.

Israel's CollPlant to improve 3D bioprinted organs

3ders - 20-Oct-2017

Received $5M investment from Martin Schlaff's Alpha Capital.

New 3-D imaging technique for precision medicine

Phys.org - 18-Oct-2017

For an illness like cancer, doctors often turn to computed tomography (CT) scans for a more definitive diagnosis, based on reconstructing a 3-D organ from multiple 2-D image slices.

IBM predicts injectable AI nanobots in 20 years

IB Times - 15-Oct-2017

Senior inventor at IBM has predicted artificially intelligent nano-machines within the next 20 years.

Autonomous Robot Beats Human Surgeons At Flesh-Cutting

IEEE Spectrum - 13-Oct-2017

Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) makes more precise cuts than expert surgeons.

Prostate cancer treatment with a genetic test

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) - 10-Oct-2017

Genetic test is a faster, less expensive treatment method for men with advanced prostate cancer

Medicine or AI, which one will be superior in the future?

MIT Technology Review - 03-Oct-2017

Smart mirrors, toilets and easy access to your health state, all of this are closer than we think

Owning the diagnostic journey

Irish Examiner - 02-Oct-2017

Diaceutics CEO Peter Keeling is working to bridge the gap between pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics, and laboratories.

Genetic test for early detection of pancreatic cancers

Medical Xpress - 02-Oct-2017

Pancreatic cysts are increasingly detected on medical scans.

Interview with PCR Workflow Automation Company CEO

Labiotech - 02-Oct-2017

Wouter Uten recognized a need in the diagnostic industry for more automated laboratory workflows.

Personalised medicine and the ‘batch of you’

Silicon Republic - 30-Sep-2017

FDA approved in 2017, Kymriah is entirely customised to the individual patient.

Funding to build biological nanorobots

Silicon Republic - 28-Sep-2017

Founded in 2014, France-based Eligo Bioscience has received $20m Series A funding.

The Future Of Pharmaceuticals Is Custom-Printing Drugs

Gizmodo - 28-Sep-2017

New drug custom-printing method would allow pharmacists to customise for dosage, for your own personal biology, or even to combine many pills into one dose.

Genetic testing helps set safe dose of common blood thinner

Washington University School of Medicine - 26-Sep-2017

Warfarin is commonly prescribed to patients to prevent life-threatening blood clots.

Robot dentist fits implants without any human involvement

South China Morning Post - 21-Sep-2017

Medical staff present but did not play an active role.

New Bio-Ink Could 3D Print Artificial Organs

Futurism - 13-Sep-2017

Bio-ink is made of cold-soluble gelatin and remains stable at room temperature.

Patients' illnesses could soon be diagnosed by AI

Guardian - 12-Sep-2017

Computers could start diagnosing patients’ illnesses within the next few years as artificial intelligence increasingly ousts doctors from their traditional roles.

The robot that eliminates cancer cells using X-rays

DAWN - 05-Sep-2017

CyberKnife uses X-ray cameras to monitor the position of the tumour and moves with the patient's breathing.

Computer knows how much pain you are in

New Scientist - 01-Sep-2017

A new  algorithm can rate how much pain you are in just by looking at your face.

KUKA’s New Medical Robot Enters Market

Engineering - 31-Aug-2017

KUKA’s LBR iiwa industrial robot, is designed for delicate assembly work.

Nanomachines constructed to destroy diseased cells (VIDEO)

RICE UNIVERSITY - 30-Aug-2017

Motor is a paddle-like chain of atoms that spins when activated by a light source.

AI-powered application to assess visual aging biomarkers in lab animals

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 29-Aug-2017

Lifespan.io is launching a crowdfunding campaign to support MouseAGE.

IBM and MIT power research into microbiome

Health Data Management - 24-Aug-2017

Will study the connection between body bacteria and autoimmune diseases.

Breakthrough method for 3D-printing living tissues

Kurzweil Network - 21-Aug-2017

3D bioprinting laboratory-grown cells that can form complex living tissues and cartilage.

World’s smallest surgical robot to start a hospital revolution

Guardian - 20-Aug-2017

Versius will slash costs, improve patient recovery times and help speed up keyhole surgery.

Tiny robots heal stomach ulcers in mice

New Scientist - 16-Aug-2017

Micromotors are autonomous vehicles the width of a human hair.

Smaller, smarter, softer robotic arm for endoscopic surgery

Harvard University - 02-Aug-2017

Bioinspired approach combines pop-up fabrication with soft robotics.

Rapid 3D printing in water using novel hybrid nanoparticles

Phys.org - 01-Aug-2017

Could enable the creation of bio-friendly 3-D printed structures.

Tomorrow’s Mini Medical Robots Could Squirm Like Maggots

Wired - 25-Jul-2017

Franck Vernerey models his machines after maggots' squirming movement.

Robots Will Soon Replace Doctors In Healthcare

Forbes - 10-Jul-2017

Current surgical robots make ths job easier for a human surgeon.

A new breed of scientist, with brains of silicon

Science Magazine - 05-Jul-2017

Robots use sound waves to create droplets a thousand times smaller than one a human can transfer.

Every cancer patient could have DNA tested

Independent - 04-Jul-2017

Professor Dame Sally Davies envisions millions of patients having their DNA tested routinely.

Stormram 4 - smallest MRI-compatible 3D printed biopsy robot

3ders - 30-Jun-2017

Poised to have a major impact on diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

A robotic doctor is gearing up for action

Phys.org - 27-Jun-2017

Robot at remote site has force, humidity and temperature sensors.

Surgeons would use robots if they reduced the risks

The Conversation - 22-Jun-2017

Very little research exists into the frequency of unintentional surgical damage.

Nanobots Paralyze People for Convenience in This Dystopian Short Film

Nerdist - 14-Jun-2017

A fun 15 minutes which raises some interesting questions about the future capabilities of nanobots.

Tracking of medical nanobots comes a step closer

The Engineer - 13-Jun-2017

One problem with nanobots (aka capsule endoscopes) is tracking their location once ingested.

3D printed bionic hands trial begins in Bristol

BBC - 12-Jun-2017

World's first clinical trial of 3D printed bionic hands for child amputees.

IBM Watson to make breast cancer treatment recommendations

pharmaphorum - 06-Jun-2017

Lessons learnt may be applied by other oncologists in future

Nanobot Delivers Drugs to Cells Then Self Destructs

Seeker - 30-May-2017

Radboud University researchers assembled a synthetic nanoscale vesicle - a kind of bladder that can be filled with liquids.

Altered bacteria could turn faeces blue if you’re ill

New Scientist - 30-May-2017

E. coli bacteria given genes that are sensitive to tetrathionate - an indicator of ulcerative colitis.

Robotics collaboration helps work on disease detection

University of Nevada - 18-May-2017

University of Nevada, Reno working with robotic precision liquid equipment from Hamilton Company.

New 3D printing method for silicon medical implants

Kurzweil Network - 15-May-2017

Stronger, quicker, less expensive, more flexible, and more comfortable than the implants currently available.

Personalised drug delivery wearable invented

Sky News - 11-May-2017

The way each person processes medication is unique.

Synthetic genes can make weird new proteins that actually work

New Scientist - 03-May-2017

There are more proteins possible than there are atoms in the universe.

Smartphone ‘orders’ body to treat diabetes using optogenetics

BBC - 29-Apr-2017

Smartphone used to control blood sugar levels in mice with diabetes.

9 Computational Drug Discovery Startups Using AI

Nanalyze - 25-Apr-2017

Including BenevolentAI which already has 24 drug candidates.

AI Versus Aging

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 18-Apr-2017

Interview with Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of Insilico Medicine

Tricorder X Prize winner announced

MobiHealthNews - 13-Apr-2017

Final Frontier Medical Devices wins $2.6 million prize after beating 255 teams that registered back in 2012.

TransEnterix robotic surgery system expands to hernia repairs

WRAL - 22-Mar-2017

Its Senhance Robotic Surgical System now includes a full range of hernia repairs.

Graphene sheets allow for very-low-cost diagnostic devices

Kurzweil Network - 20-Mar-2017

Could make it possible to capture and analyze individual cells from a small sample of blood.

Molecular-Level Nanobots Programmed With DNA Created

INVERSE - 10-Mar-2017

Could be used as artificial white blood cells defending your body from disease.

$500 device has same functionality as a surgical robot

MIT Technology Review - 23-Feb-2017

FlexDex Surgical instrument capable of making small incisions and stitching in the body.

This Robot Surgeon Is Outperforming Human Doctors (VIDEO)

Vocativ - 14-Feb-2017

Dr. Peter Kim, Sheikh Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, explains STAR.

China’s medical robots take on foreign rivals

CCTV - 13-Feb-2017

Tinavi’s Phecda surgery robot has 3D HD and can guide medical tools to within 0.8 millimeters.

Advanced robotic system will become surgeon’s right hand

Phys.org - 10-Feb-2017

University of California San Diego engineers are developing robots to be an integral part of the surgical team.

New machine-learning algorithms may revolutionize drug discovery

Kurzweil Network - 08-Feb-2017

University of Toronto Scarborough algorithms can generate 3D structures of nanoscale protein molecules.

Health insurer calls analysed for signs of disease in your voice

New Scientist - 06-Feb-2017

US start-up Canary Speech using deep-learning to spot neurological conditions in voices.

Faster way of detecting bacteria could save your life

ScienceDaily - 03-Feb-2017

Michigan State University has created a molecular diagnostic system.

First stable semisynthetic organism created

Kurzweil Network - 03-Feb-2017

Bacterium with two new synthetic bases (called X and Y) added to the four natural bases (A, T, C, and G).

AI that knows you’re sick before you do

ZDNet - 01-Feb-2017

IBM’s research labs are combining the company’s existing machine learning and artificial intelligence systems with newer kit.

Deep learning algorithm beats dermatologists in diagnosis of skin cancer –

Kurzweil Network - 25-Jan-2017

Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory used a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm.

Prick of the Finger Can Diagnose a Concussion

WIRED - 17-Jan-2017

Current tools to determine concussion are crude and often subjective (e.g. count backward from ten to one).

Artificial intelligence predicts when heart will fail

BBC - 16-Jan-2017

Software learned to analyse blood tests and scans of beating hearts

Craig Venter talks through his new Health Nucleus clinic

Aging Reversed - 13-Jan-2017

The new approach to healthcare:

Digital health pharma news from Q4 2016

MobiHealthNews - 13-Jan-2017

Investment in digital tools to enhance data collection in clinical trials.

Personalised medicine boost as cancer drug monitored in real-time

Chemistry World - 13-Jan-2017

Aptamer-based sensors can track levels of small molecules in mobile rats.

Synthetic stem cells offer benefits without the risks

Kurzweil Network - 13-Jan-2017

First synthetic version of a cardiac stem cell created.

Nanoarray sniffs out and distinguishes ‘breathprints’ of multiple diseases

Kurzweil Network - 23-Dec-2016

International team of scientists have identified a unique “breathprint” for 17 diseases with 86% accuracy.

Cambridge Medical Robotics reveals Versius robotic surgery system

EconoTimes - 12-Dec-2016

Cadaveric trials underway to perform upper GI, gynaecological, colorectal and renal surgery.

Doctors use deep-brain ultrasound therapy to treat tremors

BBC - 09-Dec-2016

Patient suffered from uncontrollable tremors in his right hand.

How big data is improving breast cancer prediction rates

Health Data Management - 05-Dec-2016

Influence score (I-score) improved the prediction rate in breast cancer data from 70 percent to 92 percent.

Big data promise exponential change in healthcare

Financial Times - 29-Nov-2016

GlaxoSmithKline employs online technology and a data algorithm developed by F1’s elite McLaren Applied Technologies team.

Organism engineers developed self working nanobots

Nanalyze - 13-Nov-2016

Gingko Bioworks manufactures tiny biological machines with biology

Sore throat sufferers urged to take pharmacy test

BBC - 12-Nov-2016

Sore Throat Test and Treat service will determine if an illness is caused by a virus or a bacterial infection.

German Robot Controlled From Russia With an Exoskeleton (VIDEO)

Motherboard - 12-Nov-2016

German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) designed AILA in 2010.

World’s first light-seeking synthetic nanorobot

Indian Express - 09-Nov-2016

Same size as a blood cell potentially allowing them to be injected into a patient’s body.

A century of medical advances in a decade

Singularity Hub - 26-Oct-2016

We’re going to see more medical advances in the next decade than happened in the past century.

Big data analytics to control Hospital Acquired Infections

ETCIO - 24-Oct-2016

Asia’s largest healthcare group Apollo Hospitals says HAI or nosocomial infection is one of the biggest challenges faced by hospitals.

Herr Watson will see you now

BBC - 18-Oct-2016

IBM’s AI system will attempt to solve some complex medical cases in Germany.

Woman diagnosed with HIV after 30 years

BBC - 12-Oct-2016

In 2013, the British HIV Association recommended that patients be offered an HIV test on registration with their GP in high-prevalence areas.

Genomics is opening new frontiers for precision medicine

IEEE Pulse - 03-Oct-2016

A decade after the Human Genome Project was declared complete the cost to sequence DNA has plummeted roughly a millionfold.

3D-printed elastic bones

Futurism - 30-Sep-2016

Created matrix can be grown into bone without having added stem cells or other growth factors

First robotic surgical system with sense of touch

ZDNet - 28-Sep-2016

Deakin University in Melbourne has unveiled the HeroSurg robot which gives surgeons haptic feedback.

How Machine Learning, Big Data And AI Are Changing Healthcare Forever

Forbes - 23-Sep-2016

IDC predicts that 30 percent of providers will use cognitive analytics with patient data by 2018.

Gene-reading software to cut TB diagnosis from months to minutes

New Scientist - 21-Sep-2016

CRyPTIC aims to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB by looking at its genome.

Microsoft’s Project Hanover aiming to ‘solve’ cancer

ZDNet - 20-Sep-2016

Seeking to make precision cancer therapy available to all.

Sound wave technology to blast plaque in arteries

MedCity News - 16-Sep-2016

Combines lithotripsy (used to break up kidney stones) with the commonly used angioplasty balloon catheter.

Nanofish could swim through body to deliver medication

Medgadget - 12-Sep-2016

Made from gold and nickel nanowire sections the devices flex like a fish when powered by a magnetic field.

Robot operates inside eye in world first

BBC - 09-Sep-2016

Surgeon controlled robot via a joystick to remove a membrane one hundredth of a millimetre thick.

NHS sets out vision for personalised medicine

PHG Foundation - 08-Sep-2016

Improving Outcomes Through Personalised Medicine report launched at Health and Innovation Expo 2016.

Health apps to inform patient records

BBC - 07-Sep-2016

Data from NHS approved health apps will feed directly into health records

Nanobots could swarm like bats to hunt out brain tumours

New Scientist - 02-Sep-2016

National Technical University of Athens working to develop nanobots that could be injected into the brain and then crawl along neurons, pinching them to see if they are healthy or not.

Robots Are Working 24/7 To Cure Cancer

Gizmodo - 02-Sep-2016

Specialised robots work non-stop to rapidly testing hundreds of treatments for kids with high-risk cancers.

Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain

New Scientist - 25-Aug-2016

Technology demonstration released a drug inside cockroaches in response to a person’s brain activity.

Medical claims big data and the social determinants of health

State of Reform - 25-Aug-2016

Healthcare industry uses Big Data to identifying populations most likely to utilize its services.

Big savings in digital health skills trial

Health IT Central - 17-Aug-2016

220,000 UK residents participated in 3 year scheme to improve digital health skills.

Nanorobots used to administer anti-cancer drugs

Digital Journal - 17-Aug-2016

100 million flagellated bacteria propel drug laden nanobots through body fluids, helped by the use of magnetic fields.

3D printed cast is revolutionizing how we heal broken bones (VIDEO)

Business Insider - 05-Aug-2016

Mexican start-up MediPrint has developed the NovaCast – a custom fit, 3D-printed plastic cast.

AI Saves Woman’s Life By Identifying Her Disease

Futurism - 05-Aug-2016

IBM’s artificial intelligence system, Watson, compared the woman’s genetic information to 20 million clinical oncology studies.

GlaxoSmithKline and Google to develop bioelectronic medicines

Wall Street Journal - 01-Aug-2016

Glaxo and Verily Life Sciences LLC, formerly Google Life Sciences, create Galvani Bioelectronics with $714 million budget.

Genomics’ potential to transform healthcare

Health IT Central - 15-Jun-2016

100,000 Genomes Project is sequencing genomes from patients with rare diseases, cancers and infectious diseases.

Nokia investing in digital health

ZDNet - 15-Jun-2016

Nokia has been developing health technology for both regulated and unregulated use.

FDA approves new medical robot from Auris Surgical

IEEE Spectrum - 07-Jun-2016

Teleoperated ARES robot (Auris Robotic Endoscopy System) was cleared by the FDA at the end of May.

Smart outfit to diagnose epilepsy

New Scientist - 01-Jun-2016

BioSerenity has developed Neuronaute – a shirt and cap embedded with biometric sensors.

Personalised pills printed with custom release profiles

European Pharmaceutical Review - 26-May-2016

Different clinical circumstances call for different types of timed release of drugs.

Cancer-patient big data can save lives if shared globally

Kurzweil Network - 23-May-2016

Hospitals, laboratories and research facilities hold huge amounts of cancer patient data.

Interview with Meditech vice president

Digital Health - 18-May-2016

Helen Waters is enthusiastic about a next generation EPR system.

Ingestible origami robot

MIT - 12-May-2016

Biocompatible material fits inside a capsule for swallowing.

Novel proteins created using digital evolution

Kurzweil Network - 10-May-2016

University of North Carolina scientists are engineering proteins with functionality that nothing else is capable of doing.

Rapid detection of bacterial infection

New Scientist - 06-May-2016

Standard tests for bacterial infections involve growing bacterial cultures from patient samples and takes three to five days to get results.

First step towards autonomous robotic surgeons

BBC - 04-May-2016

Unmanned Star robot has been used to stitch together a pig’s bowel.

Monitoring your vital signs from within the gut

Futurism - 29-Apr-2016

Works fine inside pig guts and it's just about the size of a multivitamin pill

Machine learning rivals human skills in cancer detection

Kurzweil Network - 22-Apr-2016

Samsung Medison has updated its RS80A ultrasound imaging system for breast-lesion analysis.

Turning hospitals into factories

Manufacturers Monthly - 06-Apr-2016

New hardware and software will empower hospitals to fabricate many of their solutions.

Creating custom drugs on a portable device

Kurzweil Network - 01-Apr-2016

MIT develops portable pharmaceutical manufacturing system that can be reconfigured to produce a variety of drugs on demand.

Incisionless Robotic Surgery Makes The Cut

Asian Scientist - 18-Mar-2016

Run by internal micro-motors and is capable of single incision or incision-less surgery.

Supercomputer simulates whole-body blood flow

BBC - 17-Mar-2016

Uses a 3D representation of every artery that is 1mm across or wider.

New Parliamentary Group to personalised medicine

Cambridge Network - 16-Mar-2016

All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Personalised Medicine has launched at the House of Commons.

Retail health clinics & telehealth on the rise

Oliver Wyman - 16-Mar-2016

Report: The New Front Door to Healthcare is Here

World’s first soft-robotic surgery on a human body

King’s College London - 14-Mar-2016

Conventional surgical robots based on structures made from rigid components which only move in straight lines.

1st real human use for inside-the-body surgical robot

MassDevice - 03-Mar-2016

Virtual Incision’s miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device used in a colon resection procedure.

LifeForce: the Nano Robot

University of Toronto - 03-Mar-2016

Medical robotics at the cellular level.

One in 3 consumers is using mobile apps for health

Health Populi - 03-Mar-2016

One in 5 using a wearable device.

Snake-like robot more accurate than surgeon

Computer World - 02-Mar-2016

Medrobotics Flex Robotic System has sub-millimeter accuracy.

Tiny Bot Glows To Diagnose Tuberculosis

Popular Science - 02-Mar-2016

Gold nanobot has 2 strands of DNA – one to identify a disease, the other to fluoresce.

Digital health: the future for medicine?

News Medical - 26-Feb-2016

Summary of presentations at Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine, and how it has great potential to revolutionise healthcare.

How Big Data Is Transforming Medicine

Forbes - 16-Feb-2016

Healthcare professionals treat us according to evidence-based medicine.

New 10-minute test for cancer developed by scientists

Telegraph - 13-Feb-2016

Test could be taken at home – non-invasive and cheap, costing around £15.

Heart failure remote monitoring has disappointing results

iMedicalApps - 12-Feb-2016

Randomized study of 1500 patients with decompensated heart failure.

Odoreader accurately detects prostate cancer from urine

New Atlas - 11-Feb-2016

Non-invasive prostate cancer test more accurate than standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests.

UK moves to accelerate digital health uptake

PMLiVE - 10-Feb-2016

DigitalHealth.London initiative will create a network of clinicians, healthcare providers, research institutes and entrepreneurs.

Da Vinci robot performs 500th operation at Liverpool hospital

Liverpool Echo - 05-Feb-2016

Mainly used for prostate cancer surgery.

eHealth Ireland progress report

CIO - 03-Feb-2016

Chief Clinical Information Officer Yvonne Goff reports on first year’s progress

Philips and Validic create connected health services

HIT Consultant - 03-Feb-2016

Digital health integration platform Validic is teaming up with Philips to integrate personal health data from third-party devices and apps into connected health services

My Body, My Self: With My Physician, Say Patients

Health Populi - 02-Feb-2016

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn reviews a survey conducted for The Society for Participatory Medicine.

31% of heart patients use app or device to manage condition

MobiHealthNews - 01-Feb-2016

HealthMine survey of 501 consumers.

Islington selects BT to connect health and social care systems

Computer Business Review - 29-Jan-2016

Information systems used by 10,000 health and social care workers in the borough.

The Man Behind Medrobotics’ Flex Robotic System

R&D World - 29-Jan-2016

Prof. Howie Choset’s snake-arm robot used on first human in 2010.

Biotech secures €60M for DNA Synthesis

Labiotech - 27-Jan-2016

Proprietary synthetic DNA manufacturing process from Twist Bioscience features a 10,000-well silicon platform capable of producing synthetic biology tools, including genes, oligonucleotide pools and variant libraries.

3D models aid kidney transplant toddler

BBC - 26-Jan-2016

Even before we can print organs 3D printing is helping surgeons.

Dissolvable wireless sensors monitor brain injury

Guardian - 22-Jan-2016

Made mainly of polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) and silicone.

Blood test can now tell if antibiotics are needed for infections

Telegraph - 20-Jan-2016

Antibiotics have no effect on respiratory infections caused by viruses – but doctors under pressure to prescribe.

Digital Diagnosis: Intelligent Machines Do a Better Job Than Humans

Singularity Hub - 18-Jan-2016

Currently medical robots are improving patient outcomes not reducing cost.

How Big Data Is Quietly Fighting Diseases and Illnesses

Dataconomy - 18-Jan-2016

Big Data has already offered up amazing proof of its applications

Nanoscale devices making big strides in surgery

Guardian - 17-Jan-2016

Not nanobots but tiny surgical instruments.

Are Consumers and Doctors Finally Bridging the mHealth Gap?

mHealth Intelligence - 16-Jan-2016

Review of CES 2016 – consumer-focused conference is seeing more digital health each year.

Artificial intelligence used to detect cancer

Swansea University - 15-Jan-2016

Researchers trained algorithm to recognise specific cell of interest.

Digesting the next generation of wearable tech

Guardian - 13-Jan-2016

Digital pill dissolves in your stomach acid, releasing a signal to an adhesive patch on your body, which in turn bluetooths an app on your smartphone.

Spermbots could help women trying to conceive (video)

American Chemical Society - 13-Jan-2016

Sperm that don’t swim well rank high among the main causes of infertility.

10 Hot European Biotechs to watch in 2016

Labiotech - 12-Jan-2016

Including immuno-oncology treatments, antibody delivery, Tau-aggregation inhibitors and mRNA therapies.

Nanobots that could unclog arteries

Fortune - 12-Jan-2016

Tiny groups of magnetically charged particles band together to break up clogged arteries in 2 stage process:

DARPA Has Huge Things Planned in Biotech

Futurism - 10-Jan-2016

In April 2014, DARPA established the Biological Technologies Office.

Accelerating access to healthcare innovations

PHG Foundation - 08-Jan-2016

2nd phase of the Accelerating Access Review has just closed.

Medtech wins FDA nod for ROSA spine robot

MassDevice - 06-Jan-2016

Designed for minimally invasive spinal surgeries.

Surgeons label 3D printing technology ‘revolutionary’ (VIDEO)

BBC - 06-Jan-2016

Cyclist lost jaw in an accident.

Surgical Robot Challenge 2016 Now Open For Entries

DOTmed - 18-Dec-2015

Competition showcases cutting-edge advances in surgical robot technologies.

SAP launches personalised medicine solutions

inside SAP - 16-Dec-2015

SAP Foundation for Health and the SAP Medical Research Insights solution built on the HANA platform.

Founder of Google’s Stealthy Surgical Robotics Project Speaks

Medium - 14-Dec-2015

This is what everybody is really dreaming of when we talk about robotic surgery!

Using Big Data to Make Wiser Medical Decisions

Harvard Business Review - 14-Dec-2015

The bigness of data is not its absolute size, but the task of transforming it into wisdom.

Welsh government digital health plan

BBC - 11-Dec-2015

Welsh government five-year NHS strategy includes:

Google’s Secretive Robot-Surgery Startup

Wired - 10-Dec-2015

Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson aims to make robots better surgical assistants.

3D Curriculum To Standardize Robotic Surgery Training

Science 2.0 - 02-Dec-2015

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center has developed the Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery (FRS) program.

Doctors and the Google Threat

33 Charts - 02-Dec-2015

Most patients seem to recognize that information can’t be equated with knowledge or wisdom.

Microbubbles provide clear images of blood vessels in live animals

New Scientist - 25-Nov-2015

Technique takes advantage of how high-frequency ultrasound waves interact with tiny gas-filled bubbles about 2 micrometres in diameter.

Prototype lab in a needle

Today's Medical Developments (TMD) - 23-Nov-2015

Can test liver toxicity in 30 minutes instead of several days.

Big data’s big issues

PHG Foundation - 23-Nov-2015

Public Health England hosted PHE Data Week; a series of activity focussing on data and its importance to health protection, prevention and care.

Cambridge Medical Robotics unveils next-generation robotic surgery

Business Wire - 20-Nov-2015

Modular surgical system that uses multiple collaborative robotic arms for universal minimal access surgery.

Superhuman Health

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 20-Nov-2015

David Orban sumarises his recent Frontiers of Interaction conference talk.

Translating medical breakthroughs into lifesaving technologies

Today’s Medical Development’s (TMD) - 20-Nov-2015

3D-printed tracheal splint almost completely reabsorbed by body of first child to receive one.

Which Vendors Lead the Healthcare Big Data Analytics Market?

HealthITAnalytics - 19-Nov-2015

In contrast to the EHR marketplace, where providers are more or less limited to a set list of certified products, healthcare organizations have a little more leeway when it comes to choosing big data analytics technologies to support more advanced health

Exponential Medicine conference day 2 summary

Medgadget - 13-Nov-2015

Summary of all the day 2 speakers, including:

Exponential Medicine conference day 3 summary

Medgadget - 13-Nov-2015

Practice of medicine needs to become the science of medicine

Exponential Medicine conference day 4 summary

Medgadget - 13-Nov-2015

CEO of own health management

Medical capsule robots with dozens of uses

Health Data Management - 12-Nov-2015

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have built over 20 function-specific capsules.

Smart bandage deployment at Birmingham Children’s Hospital

isansys - 12-Nov-2015

RAPID (Real-Time Adaptive & Predictive Indicator of Deterioration) programme uses isansys Lifecare Lifetouch smart patches.

Big Data Is Driving Personalized Medicine Revolution

Information Week - 12-Nov-2015

Drugs can be expensive, difficult to research, hard to get approved.

Exponential Medicine conference day 1 summary

Medgadget - 12-Nov-2015

Talks from leading medical technology companies and researchers, including:

Prescriptions: Automation comes to medication

BBC - 11-Nov-2015

St Mary’s hospital, Isle of Wight trialling UK first automated pharmacy

Anomalies in flesh detected from 30cm away

Kurzweil Network - 09-Nov-2015

Microwaves heat up flesh-like material by only 1/1000th of a degree.

Hackensack UMC offers Mazor Robotics Renaissance spine surgery

GlobeNewswire - 06-Nov-2015

Clinically validated to ensure 1.5mm accuracy for increased patient safety.

Robotic worm used in head surgery

Novus Light Technologies Today - 04-Nov-2015

Removing tumors from within the inner ear currently entails removal of entire mastoid bone.

Big data, better health

New Scientist - 04-Nov-2015

Current electronic health records will soon be dwarfed by data generated by genetic and blood-marker tests, in addition to advanced scans and activity trackers.

Personalised medicine: The right treatment for the right person at the right time

EU Briefing - 26-Oct-2015

A solid overview of personalised medicine including genetic variations, genomic testing, -omics technologies and biomarkers.

Big data’s early detection of life-threatening infection

Computer World - 20-Oct-2015

Penn Medicine’s massively parallel computer cluster uses a huge volume of data to build prototypes of new care pathways.

Navio robotic tool cuts recovery time for partial knee replacements

Lubbock Online - 19-Oct-2015

Grace Health System invests in Navio Surgical System from Blue Belt Technologies.

Rise of the Nanomachines (VIDEO)

American Chemical Society - 13-Oct-2015

Great video introduction to some of the advances in nanobots and how they may be used in your body such as delivering drugs.

DNA-based nanodevices for molecular medicine

Kurzweil Network - 25-Sep-2015

Researchers from Aalto University compare biological DNA-nanomachine developments and their uses.

Lab robot accelerates cancer treatment research

Kurzweil Network - 23-Sep-2015

Uppsala University research system finds optimal treatment drug combinations by planning, conducting and analyzing its own experiments.

Virtual human body available online

New Scientist - 23-Sep-2015

Visible Human Project photographed 5000 slices of a cadaver.

First Indian hospital to routinely test genes

The Hindu - 21-Sep-2015

Jipmer hospital to regularly use pharmacogenomics testing of drug-related proteins.

Personalized heart models for surgical planning

Today's Medical Developments (TMD) - 21-Sep-2015

Converts MRI scans of a patient’s heart into a physical model within hours.

Robotic prostate surgery reduces impotence and incontinence

Health 24 - 21-Sep-2015

Urology Hospital, Pretoria, has completed almost 400 successful robotic prostatectomies with Da Vinci surgical robot.

Targeted choice of antibiotic for urinary tract infections

BBC - 19-Sep-2015

New mini DNA sequencing device can detect bacteria directly from urine samples four times more quickly than traditional methods.

AAN calls for social and behavioral data in EHRs

HealthITAnalytics - 14-Sep-2015

American Academy of Nursing says electronic health records are incomplete and potentially insufficient if missing social and behavioral data.

Hospital computer predicts death with 96% accuracy

BBC - 14-Sep-2015

Super computer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, collects and analyzes patient data every 3 minutes. Uses artificial intelligence to compare medical history and current medication with data from 250,000 patients over 30 years.

Da Vinci robot excellent investment for Royal Blackburn Hospital

Lancashire Telegraph - 13-Sep-2015

Used to treat prostate cancer patients.

New medical robot unveiled in Regina

CBC - 10-Sep-2015

Telepresence robot – PeTir – has video screen, speaker and a high-definition camera to allows doctors to visit patients remotely.

Improvement in diabetic patients from big data

Modern Healthcare - 22-Aug-2015

11% improvement in a comprehensive measure of diabetes management.

3D-printed pill approved by FDA

Guardian - 05-Aug-2015

Aprecia launches first FDA approved 3D-printed drug. The epilepsy pill could lead the way to personalised medicines being manufactured close to the point of care. Once drug manufacturing is controlled by digital specifications, instead of bulk production

Automation reduces medical testing from weeks to minutes

Pacific Business News - 03-Aug-2015

Hawaii-based Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. purchases WASP robot (Walk Away Specimen Processor) by COPAN Italia .

5 distinct prostate cancers identified

BBC - 30-Jul-2015

250 prostate cancer samples studied – 5 distince genetic variations identified with different aggresiveness. Will enable doctors to decide on the best course of treatment.

Six new major centres for diagnostic test development

PHG Foundation - 30-Jul-2015

Medical Research Council (MRC) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announce 6 university based pathology centres.

70m pharmacy customers targeted by IBM Watson and CVS

Washington Post - 30-Jul-2015

IBM Watson artificial intelligence system to identify physiological indicators and red-flag behaviors of chronic conditions such as heart disease and obesity. 1 in 5 Americans could consult with Watson in a pharmacy kiosk – alerting your doctor of any con

Synthetic DNA improves human immune system

Independent - 27-Jul-2015

New technique called electroporation opens up microscopic pores in T-cells allowing Crispr/Cas9 enzymes to enter and replace exact sections of DNA with synthetic, healthy sequences.

Mechanical wrist the width of a sewing needle

Vanderbilt University - 23-Jul-2015

Microlaparoscopy is so difficult that only a handful of surgeons around the world use it. This mechanical wrist provides the dexterity to perform complex operations using keyhole surgery. Imagine when a robot is trained to use tiny instruments with the –

Rokit enters 3D bioprinting race

3DPrint.com - 22-Jul-2015

The manufacturer of the 3Dison range of desktop 3D printers has announced a $3 million government grant with the aim of having a 3D bioprinter working on-site at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital within 3 years. Initial focus will be bioprint

Big data analytics aims to stop hospital killer

CIO - 20-Jul-2015

Hundreds of thousands of people die each year in the US from sepsis – a condition where the immune system over responds to an infection triggering widespread, and often fatal, inflammation.

Predictive analytics model for readmissions case study

HealthITAnalytics - 20-Jul-2015

Advocate Health Care, a twelve-hospital health system based in Illinois, wanted to reduce unplanned readmissions which it considered a failure in transitions of care. Wanting to identify patients at highest risk for readmissions whilst still in the hospit

Instant personalised tests printed on site

Cambridge Consultants - 17-Jul-2015

Cambridge Consultants have developed XylemDx – a diagnostic test cartridge that can be customised and printed on site using inkjet printer technology to lay down layers of microfluidic channels, electronics and reagents. The cartridges can handle a range

Prostate cancer drug choice improved with genetic analysis

Irish Medical Times - 16-Jul-2015

More than 5,000 patients with metastatic disease recruited from four large multi-centre global clinical trials. Some patients who would receive no benefit could skip three months of unnecessary treatment.

Wireless device delivers drugs to brain

Kurzweil Network - 16-Jul-2015

Tiny “wireless optofluidic neural probe” the width of a human hair implanted in mouse brain and triggered by remote control to deliver drugs. Could be used throughout the body to continuously deliver medications using printer style cartridges of drugs.

Precision medicine can change health care

diginomica - 15-Jul-2015

Need to overcome siloed and unstructured health data. Technology can help to synthesize information for healthcare professionals to enable better treatment decisions by clinicians. SAP partnering with ASCO to provide real-time clinical insights for cancer

Precision Medicine Catapult HQ set for Cambridge

PHG Foundation - 14-Jul-2015

UK’s new innovation centre for precision medicine to research more targeted disease prevention and treatment that takes into account people’s individual variations in genes, environment, and lifestyle.

Machine learning to design personalised care plans

OnWindows - 14-Jul-2015

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System is piloting a healthcare solution called ImagineCare built on Microsoft’s new Cortana Analytics Suite.

70 year study tracks lifestyle and disease

BBC - 13-Jul-2015

5000 people selected for study in 1946, over 2000 still taking part. Project able to track affects of upbringing and lifestyle on disease and longevity.

New R&D division focused on “scientific discovery”

Belfast Telegraph - 10-Jul-2015

More and more investment in medical technology.

Big data and health predictions: new study on correlations among medical problems

MIT - 07-Jul-2015

MIT researchers analysed anonymous data from over 500,000 patients. Able to compare individual patient’s medical history with other people to predict diseases.

Robotics in pharmacy automation

Express Pharma - 06-Jul-2015

Increased laboratory throughput. Free up researchers from repetitive tasks. For example, robotic pharmacies are expanding rapidly within hospitals and clinics.

How New Technologies Will Transform Old Medical Practices

Singularity Hub - 05-Jul-2015

Great 3 minute video explaining how technology will allow us to detect disease earlier and reduce size of interventions even down to the cellular level.

Virtual drug tests

Bayer HealthCare - 03-Jul-2015

PK-Sim software predicts pharmacokinetic processes, such as the absorption, transport and metabolism of the active substance in whole-body ADME simulation. Database contains tens of thousands of existing substances, plus models of 15 organs.

‘Microswimmer’ robots to drill through blocked arteries within four years

Kurzweil Network - 30-Jun-2015

Corkscrew-shaped bacteria enables drilling motion

3D-printed swimming microrobots can sense and remove toxins

3DPrint.com - 29-Jun-2015

Fish shape nanobots manufactured using microscale continuous optical printing (µCOP) at much smaller resolution than traditional 3D printing. Devices created from three different types of functional nanoparticles allowing them to be customized to suit the

Wirelessly programmed implantable drug delivery device can release hundreds of single doses over 16 years

Phys.org - 29-Jun-2015

Iimplantable, microchip-based device may soon replace the injections and pills now needed to treat chronic diseases.

Swarm of dumb robots can penetrate tissue

IEEE Spectrum - 25-Jun-2015

Magnetic robots manoeuvred in MRI machine to form Gauss gun. Big at the moment but technology only gets smaller so will eventually be bloodstream scale. Video.

Laser test for malaria, no blood sample required

New Scientist - 22-Jun-2015

Laser applied to person’s wrist or earlobe absorbed by waste crystals produced by the malaria parasite. Detector picks up sound of bubbles in 20 seconds. Reduces cost of testing from 50 cents to 8 cents per-person.

ETH Zurich develop magnetically controlled nanoswimmer

Kurzweil Network - 17-Jun-2015

Polypyrrole (Ppy) nanowire able to move through biological fluid environment. Includes video.

Human Longevity Inc aiming for 1 million genome study

Next Big Future - 16-Jun-2015

HLI (Human Longevity Inc) has purchased two Illumina HiSeq X Ten Sequencing Systems to study integrated health records and microbiome.

Genetic test for ‘familial’ heart risk extended

BBC - 09-Jun-2015

Blood tests to be offered to close relatives of people found to have familial hypercholesterolaemia.

Experimental device lowers blood pressure without drugs

AL.com - 09-Jun-2015

Vessix Renal Denervation System uses electrical pulses to disable nerves between kidneys and brain to reduce blood pressure.

Artificial nucleotide bases evolved to bind to cancerous cells

The Scientist - 08-Jun-2015

Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution created two new bases (called Z and P) which were then present in evolved soltuions of DNA strands that preferentially bound to cancerous liver cells over healthy ones.

Single test identifies past exposure virus infections –

BBC - 04-Jun-2015

Another step closer to instant diagnosis from a pin prick of blood.

Digital (virtual) 3D model of heart released

Today's Medical Developments - 03-Jun-2015

Scientifically accurate, physics-based simulated heart will accelerate device testing and heart disease research.

Robotic tentacle targets keyhole surgery

BBC - 14-May-2015

Lack of rigid skeleton allows it to bend, stretch and switch between flexible and rigid states. AImed at minimally invasive surgery.

How DNA sequencing is transforming the hunt for new drugs

Reuters - 13-May-2015

Pharmaceuticals companies analysings hundreds of thousands of DNA samples to identify new gene targets. Previously took decades to find and study enough people with rare traits.

Emergency health record system trialled in schools

Auxilium Systems - 13-May-2015

Unique number allows paramedics to access critical information faster

in silico model of inflammatory response to traumatic injury

Medical Xpress - 11-May-2015

Simulates multiple factors that interact with each other in complex diseases. Multiple markers of inflammation in trauma care patients’ blood samples enables model to predict hospital length of stay, multi-organ dysfunction and death rate.

Child becomes first patient to be cured of potentially fatal illness using 3D-printed biodegradable implant

Independent - 29-Apr-2015

3D printed splints into their throats. These were designed to keep their windpipes open while allowing the infants to grow normally.

Osiris Biomed 3D’s Winning Idea for Printing 3D Implants During Surgery

3DPrint.com - 21-Apr-2015

Company won MecklerMedia’s Startup Competition during their New York Inside 3D Printing Conference

Acoustic device rapidly isolates circulating tumor cells from blood samples

MIT - 06-Apr-2015

Help predict whether patients’ tumors will metastasize (Video)

Johnson & Johnson and Google to create an innovative robotic-assisted surgical platform

Johnson & Johnson - 26-Mar-2015

Ethicon has executed a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic collaboration with Google, Inc., working with the Life Sciences team on advancing surgical robotics to benefit surgeons, patients and health care systems.

Nanorobots in the Body: The Future of Medicine

MEDICATradeFair - 20-Mar-2015

Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, have developed two types of microswimmers:

Simulated Mouse Brain in a Virtual Mouse Body

Human Brain Project - 23-Feb-2015

Neurorobotics platform models simplified virtual mouse brain (200,000 neurons compared to 75 million) mapped to different parts of the mouse body, including the mouse’s spinal cord, whiskers, eyes and skin.

Lung cancer breath test trialled

BBC - 14-Feb-2015

Clinically trials planned for this year

Artificially-intelligent Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ could boost search for new drugs

Cambridge University - 04-Feb-2015

Drug discovery could be made faster and much cheaper thanks to an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’.

HIV and syphilis diagnosis in 15 minutes on smart phone dongle

Columbia Engineering - 04-Feb-2015

A team of researchers developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that detects three infectious disease markers from a finger prick of blood in just 15 minutes.

Drug-delivery pioneer wins £1m engineering prize

BBC - 03-Feb-2015

Ultra-Fast Software Developed to Scan the Human Genome

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 02-Feb-2015

Researchers said they have developed an analysis pipeline that cuts the time it takes to search a person's genome for disease-causing variations from weeks to hours.

Chip simulates human circulatory system

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - 02-Feb-2015

Multi-organ chip replicates complex metabolic processes in the human body. Authentic blood flow through various cells in 1:100,000 scale microfluidic chip.

Virtual worm brain controls Lego robot (video)

ScienceAlert - 12-Dec-2014

OpenWorm project has mapped and simulated all the connections between the c. elegans

RCP progresses PRSB

Digital Health - 04-Nov-2014

Professional Records Standards Body hopes to have established a formal service for the maintenance and development of clinical records standards by early next year.

Google developing cancer hunting nanoparticles in a pill

TechCrunch - 28-Oct-2014

Google X’s life sciences division has partnered with Entrega.

Fully degradable, remotely controlled, implantable therapeutic electronic device

PNAS - 20-Oct-2014

Engineers devise technology for rapidly testing drug-delivery vehicles in zebrafish

MIT - 30-Sep-2014

The study was published in the Integrative Biology journal.

Smartphone technology revealed at the British Science Festival could help diagnose and treat Parkinson’s disease.

BBC - 09-Sep-2014

Smartphone technology revealed at the British Science Festival could help diagnose and treat Parkinson's disease.

Intricate algae produce low-cost biosensors

Oregon State University - 29-Aug-2014

Reduces costs by factor of 100

Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Health Information Is Being Tracked and Used

California HealthCare Foundation - 01-Jul-2014

Pros:

MagnetoSperm – APL Video

University of Twente - 03-Jun-2014

322 um long microbot that navigates using weak magnetic fields.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering launch Bionic Man interactive web tool

NIBIB - 23-May-2014

First steps towards a computer simulation of the human body

Independent - 08-May-2014

University of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute working on European Commission’s Virtual Physiological Human programme with ultimate aim to create a computer simulated replica of the human body (“in silico”). Individual patient’s data could be input into the

Bacteriobot cancer-treating nanorobot

Reuters - 05-Jan-2014

Bacteriobot uses genetically modified salmonella bacteria’s brain and flagella to target cancer tumours with microscopic capsules filled with drugs.

AtomoRapid

Atomo Diagnostics - 04-Jun-2013

The AtomoRapid all-in-one blood test can accommodate test strips for a wide variety of conditions from celiac disease and allergy through to infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV.

Lung-on-a-chip (video)

Harvard University - 29-Jan-2013

Mechanical and biochemical behaviors of a human lung including separated air and blood channels. Video shows white blood cells migrating to air channel to fight infections. Some effects only happen when chip simulates expansion/contraction of breathing.

Technical simulation models mechanics of human body

ScienceNordic - 13-Nov-2011

Able to determine how different exercises induce bone strain and strain rates. From a mechanical engineering point of view, humans are just like machines with complex geometry: instead of steel structures we have a skeletal system; instead of hydraulics w

Computer Model Predicts Cardiac Effects of Drugs

Science Translational Medicine - 31-Aug-2011

Predicts adverse effects of 2 drugs used to treat abnormal heart rhythm.